Electric power steering apparatus equipped with steering angle sensor
AssigneeMando Corporation
InventorJung Rak Choi
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electric power steering apparatus which includes: a steering shaft connected to a steering wheel of a vehicle; an electric motor for supplying auxiliary steering power; a direction sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit which face each other; a rotary member interposed between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, having at least one slot and rotating as the steering shaft rotates; a motor position sensor for detecting a rotation angle of a rotation shaft of the electric motor; and a control unit receiving electric signals from the direction sensor and the motor position sensor to calculate a steering angle.
Claims9
An electric power steering apparatus comprising:
- a steering shaft connected to a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- an electric motor for supplying auxiliary steering power;
- a direction sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit which face each other;
- a rotary member interposed between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, having at least one slot and rotating as the steering shaft rotates;
- a motor position sensor for detecting a rotation angle of a rotation shaft of the electric motor;
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- a control unit receiving electric signals from the direction sensor and the motor position sensor to calculate a steering angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.