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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shogo Miyasaka, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0484 (2013.01); B62D 5/003 (2013.01); B62D 5/043 (2013.01); B62D 5/046 (2013.01); B62D 5/0433 (2013.01); B62D 5/0439 (2013.01); B62D 5/0475 (2013.01); B62D 5/0478 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
To achieve a fail-safe fully utilizing the advantage of plural motors, a second controller performs a one-motor SBW mode when at least one of a first turning controller, a first turning motor and a torque sensor malfunctions in a state where the first turning controller and the second turning controller perform a two-motor SBW mode. Furthermore, the first controller performs a one-motor EPS mode when at least one of the second turning controller and the second turning motor malfunctions in the state where the first turning controller and the second turning controller perform a two-motor SBW mode.