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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoji Yamauchi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180443 ; 180446 ; 701 41 ;
Abstract
A detection value from an absolute position sensor is stored immediately before turning off of an ignition switch and is compared with a detection value of the absolute position sensor at the turning on of the ignition switch. A driving motor is actuated based on detected deviation between the two detection values so as to rotate the output shaft, thereby achieving agreement of the positional relation between the input shaft and the output shaft.