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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jim L Rau, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Emil M Shtarkman, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180446 ; 318489 ; 701 41 ;
Abstract
An electric steering system (10) includes a power source (34) and an electric motor (28) which provides an auxiliary steering force in response to a large capacity capacitor (C1) being selectively connected to the power source (34), for charging the large capacity capacitor (C1), and to the motor (28), for discharging the large capacity capacitor (C1) to drive the electric motor (28) for providing the auxiliary steering force.