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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Hiroshi Kitamoto, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kitamoto, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 3/00 (2006.01); H02P 5/00 (2006.01); H02P 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a motor control device that is used for, for example, an electric power steering system or another vehicle steering system equipped with a motor, a relay circuit () that serves as a power supply breaker is provided in a power feed line (Lp) of a pre-driver () of a circuit that is a component of the motor control device. The operation of the relay circuit () is controlled by a relay signal (S_rly) output from a microcomputer ().