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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Shunya Senda, Tochigi, JP;
Akihiro Tamaki, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Shunya Senda, Tochigi, JP;
Akihiro Tamaki, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Showa Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a motor-driven power steering apparatus which converts a rotation of an electric motor into a linear stroke of a rack shaft by a power transmission mechanism, and steers a wheel coupled to the rack shaft, there is provided an automatic neutral restoring means for judging a vehicle stop and a manual steering rest, and rotating the electric motor as to restore a detected steering angle of a steering angle sensor to a neutral position so as to execute an automatic steering, when the steering angle is out of the neutral position.