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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/08 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/28 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 1/286 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 6/08 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 2050/007 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power steering apparatus that detects that a driver has steered the handle by using a steering torque detected by a torque sensor, switches to the manual steering mode due to a capacity (an integrated value) corresponding to a generated torque, and does not provide an uncomfortable feeling to the driver.