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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Eiji Tanaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Tomihide Masuda, Miyoshi, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/187 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a controller for a steering apparatus having easy operation of an adjustment of a tilting angle. The steering apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism adjusting a tilting angle of a steering wheel, and an electrical motor driving the tilting mechanism. The controller for the steering apparatusdetects the tilting angle based on a rotational angle of the screw shaft. The controller defines the predetermined supplying current according to the detected amount of the tilting angle as the supplying current to the electrical motor.