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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1996
Mitsuhiko Nishimoto, Kashihara, JP;
Hirofumi Matsuoka, Kyoto, JP;
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electric power steering apparatus in which it is decided whether or not steering torque is in a predetermined drive inhibition area, and when the term in which the decision result is logically inconsistent with driving instruction for the motor in accordance with the steering torque is shorter than a predetermined period of time, a timer is reset to drive the motor. As a result, the compensation of the inertia of said motor can be controlled even when the steering torque is small. Further, in the electric power steering apparatus, the timer is also reset to drive the motor when the steering torque is in a dead zone and a driving current for the motor is smaller than a predetermined value. As a result, the drive of the motor can be controlled also when a steering wheel is returned to its initial position.
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