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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Terutaka Tamaizumi, Okazaki, JP;
Hirozumi Eki, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Kita, Okazaki, JP;
Isao Namikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 5/0469 (2013.01); B62D 6/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end determination unit determines that a steering apparatus is in an end touching state when an angle deviation, which is a difference between an actual turning angle and a target turning angle, exceeds a threshold. This angle deviation exceeds the threshold before a large axial force is generated in a steering shaft. Accordingly, is it possible to determine that the steering apparatus is in the end touching state more quickly.