Steering control apparatus
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorsKoji ANRAKU, Isao NAMIKAWA, Takuji YOSHIDA, Masahide NITANO
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Abstract
A steering control apparatus is configured to control a steering system having a structure in which a power transmission path between a steering mechanism and a steering operation mechanism including a motor configured to generate a motor torque is separated. The steering control apparatus includes a controller configured to control driving of the motor. The controller detects an abnormality of the steering operation mechanism when a value indicating a variation in the motor torque is a value indicating a state in which a steering operation shaft is presumed to be immovable though the motor torque is applied.
Claims6
A steering control apparatus configured to control a steering system having a structure in which a power transmission path between a steering mechanism and a steering operation mechanism is separated, the steering mechanism being steered by a driver, the steering operation mechanism including a motor configured to generate a motor torque serving as power for moving a steering operation shaft to turn a steered wheel of a vehicle, the steering control apparatus comprising a controller configured to control driving of the motor to generate the motor torque, wherein the controller is configured to detect an abnormality of the steering operation mechanism when a value indicating a variation in the motor torque is a value indicating a state in which the steering operation shaft is presumed to be immovable though the motor torque is applied.
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