Arent Fox LLP
Electric steering system
An electric steering system is provided with: a steering torque detection unit which detects a steering torque acting on the shaft; a brushless motor which includes a rotor and a stator having multi-phase stator coils, and generates an assisting torque for assisting the steering torque; a current supply switching unit which drives the brushless motor; a rotary angle estimation unit which outputs an estimated rotary angle; a determination unit which determines whether or not the estimated rotary angle is appropriate by comparison with a direction of the steering torque; and a steering control unit which drives the brushless motor in accordance with the estimated rotary angle determined to be appropriate by the determination unit to control generation of the assisting torque.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B H H
B62D H02P H02P
inventional inventional inventional
Yasuo Atsuhiko Takashi
Shimizu Yoneda Miyoshi