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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 11, 2005
Mikihiko Tsunoda, Maebashi, JP;
Mikihiko Tsunoda, Maebashi, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power steering control device includes a torque sensor that detects a steering torque and outputs a torque signal having a torque neutral voltage is determined based on a predetermined reference voltage, a reference-voltage generator unit that generates the reference voltage, an A/D converter unit that A/D converts the torque signal and the reference voltage, a calculator unit that calculates a steering assist torque based on the A/D converted torque signal, a current controller unit that supplies a driving current in accordance with the assist torque to a steering assist motor, a reference-voltage generator unit that generates the reference voltage and outputs the reference voltage to the A/D converter unit and a fault diagnosis unit that monitors the A/D converted reference voltage and performs a predetermined fault diagnosis process.
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