Electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10059368B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-28

    申请号:US15512713

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Applicant: NSK LTD.

    CPC classification number: B62D5/0463 B62D5/0469 B62D6/02 B62D6/08 G05B13/041

    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes a control section that includes a feed-back control section which sets a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined angle at front of a rack end. The feed-back control section includes a feed-back element to calculate a target rack displacement based on an input-side rack axial force and a control element to output an output-side rack axial force based on a position deviation between the target rack displacement and a rack displacement.

    Electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10023226B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15520577

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Applicant: NSK Ltd.

    Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that constitutes a control system based on a physical model, constitutes a model following control that an output (a distance to a rack end) of a controlled object follows-up to a reference model, suppresses the occurrences of a noisy sound and a shock force at an end hitting without giving any uncomfortable steering feeling to a driver, and is capable of smoothly steering.[Means for solving the problem]In the electric power steering apparatus that calculates a first current command value based on at least a steering torque and performs an assist-control of a steering system by driving a motor based on the first current command value, the apparatus comprises a configuration of a model following control comprising a feed-back control section including a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined angle at front of a rack end, wherein the configuration of the model following control comprises a feed-back control section, and the model following control has a noise-reducing function to reduce a noise so as to suppress a rack end hitting.

    Electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10214232B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15031883

    申请日:2015-06-04

    Applicant: NSK Ltd.

    Abstract: A safe electric power steering apparatus with a good steering feeling is provided that includes a function for getting out from restraint of a lateral flow or a one-sided flow, and enables acquisition of a better effect that a driver's load is reduced in the lateral flow or the one-sided flow. The safe electric power steering apparatus corrects a current command value by a motor current correction value based on a motor correction signal.

    Turning control device
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11352053B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US17287778

    申请日:2020-10-21

    Applicant: NSK LTD.

    Abstract: A turning control device includes: a target steering angle calculation unit configured to calculate a target steering angle of a turning mechanism, based on a second steering angle of a steering mechanism; a steering angular displacement calculation unit configured to, when a third steering angle, the third steering angle being either a first steering angle of the turning mechanism or the second steering angle, is in a range from a maximum steering angle that the third steering angle can take to a first threshold steering angle, calculate a steering angular displacement of the third steering angle with the first threshold steering angle used as a reference; a steering angle correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a steering angle correction value according to at least the steering angular displacement; and a corrected target steering angle calculation unit configured to correct the target steering angle with the steering angle correction value.

    Electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10173719B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15522418

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Applicant: NSK Ltd.

    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that calculates a first current command value based on at least a steering torque and performs an assist-control of a steering system by driving a motor based on the first current command value, including: a configuration of a model following control including a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined angle at front of a rack end, wherein an offset is given to input or output of the viscoelastic model for preventing an overheat, resulting in suppressing a rack end hitting.

    Turning control device
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11260902B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17289007

    申请日:2020-10-21

    Applicant: NSK LTD.

    Abstract: A turning control device includes: a steering angular displacement calculation unit configured to, when a third steering angle that is either a first steering angle of a turning mechanism or a second steering angle of a steering mechanism, is in an angular range from a maximum angle to a threshold steering angle, calculate a steering angular displacement of the third steering angle with the threshold steering angle used as a reference; a steering angle correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a steering angle correction value according to at least the steering angular displacement; a steering angle correction value limiting unit configured to limit the steering angle correction value according to at least a steering state, the third steering angle, and angular velocity thereof; a corrected target steering angle calculation unit configured to correct the target steering angle of the turning mechanism with a limited steering angle correction value.

    Electric power steering apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10946891B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16333356

    申请日:2018-03-06

    Applicant: NSK Ltd.

    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that suppresses occurrence of an abnormal noise at end hitting without providing uncomfortable feeling of steering for a driver, attenuates impact force, and enables suppression of the abnormal noise without making a turning radius worse. The apparatus includes a viscoelastic model following control section that sets a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined range in front of a rack end, and outputs a control output to correct a current command value; and a rack end approach judging section that performs judgment of being in the predetermined range in front of the rack end based on steering position information; adjusts the control output based on at least the steering position information, a steering velocity and a steering state, and corrects the current command value by the adjusted control output.

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