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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Shinichiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Wakabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Katsumi Sahoda, Saitama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tsuda, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kaneta, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Wakabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Katsumi Sahoda, Saitama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tsuda, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kaneta, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bending load acting on a steering shaft only with a magnetostrictive torque sensor, without separately providing a sensor for detecting the bending moment. A storage unit stores, as an initial characteristic curve formed from initial detection values, a characteristic curve formed from detection values of each of a first detection coil and a second detection coil when only twisting torque is applied to a steering shaft. A bending load detector provided in an ECU detects a bending load amount acting on the steering shaft based on a difference between each detection value of the first and second detection coils and the initial detection value on the initial characteristic curve corresponding to the detection value.