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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
S.N.R. Roulements, Annecy Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electric power-assisted steering system making it possible to apply an assist torque for the angular displacement of the wheels of a vehicle, said torque being applied by an electronically commutated motor ( ) comprising P phases and N pairs of poles, said system also comprising a device for controlling the motor ( ) comprising a circular multipole encoder ( ) comprising a main multipole track ( ) and a multipole commutation track ( ) comprising magnetic singularities ( ) equidistributed angularly, a fixed sensor ( ) capable of delivering square digital signals A, B in quadrature, and a signal C in the form of 2*P*N pulses per revolution of the rotor ( ), a circuit for commutating ( ) the currents in the phase windings of the motor ( ) and a control circuit ( ) for the commutation circuit ( ).