# US 8,783,408 B2 · Hydraulic power steering system

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- Number: US 8,783,408 B2
- Document ID: US8783408B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/551,201
- Filed: 2012-07-17
- Published: 2013-02-14
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-09
- Assignees: Jtekt Corporation
- Applicants: Masahiko Sakamaki
- Inventors: Masahiko Sakamaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783408B2

## CPC

- B62D 5/065: characterised by specially adapted means for varying pressurised fluid supply based on need, e.g. on-demand, variable assist
- B62D 5/09: characterised by means for actuating valves
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

A pump rotation speed correcting unit includes a valve opening degree command differential value computing unit, a pump rotation speed correction value computing unit, and a correction value adding unit. The valve opening degree command differential value computing unit computes a temporal differential value of a valve opening degree command value that is set by a valve opening degree command value setting unit. The pump rotation speed correction value computing unit computes a correction value of a pump rotation speed command value on the basis of the valve opening degree command differential value. The correction value adding unit adds the pump rotation speed correction value to the pump rotation speed command value that is set by the pump rotation speed command value setting unit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hydraulic power steering system that assists a steering operation by supplying hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump to a power cylinder, which is coupled to a steering mechanism of a vehicle, via a hydraulic control valve that is not mechanically coupled to a steering member, comprising:
a valve driving motor that is used to control an opening degree of the hydraulic control valve;
a pump driving motor that is used to drive the hydraulic pump;
opening degree command value setting means for setting an opening degree command value that is a command value of the opening degree of the hydraulic control valve;
valve driving motor control means for controlling driving of the valve driving motor based on the opening degree command value that is set by the opening degree command value setting means;
rotation speed command value setting means for setting a rotation speed command value that is a command value of a rotation speed of the hydraulic pump;
rotation speed command value correcting means for correcting the rotation speed command value, which is set by the rotation speed command value setting means, based on an amount of change in the opening degree command value that is set by the opening degree command value setting means,
wherein the rotation speed command value correcting means includes rotation speed command value increasing means for, when the opening degree command value that is set by the opening degree command value setting means changes so as to decrease a pressure of the hydraulic fluid, making a correction such that the rotation speed command value, which is set by the rotation speed command value setting means, increases based on the amount of change in the opening degree command value; and
pump driving motor control means for controlling driving of the pump driving motor based on the rotation speed command value that has been corrected by the rotation speed command value correcting means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The hydraulic power steering system according to claim 1, wherein the rotation speed command value correcting means includes rotation speed command value decreasing means for, when the opening degree command value that is set by the opening degree command value setting means changes so as to increase the pressure of the hydraulic fluid, making a correction such that the rotation speed command value, which is set by the rotation speed command value setting means, decreases based on the amount of change in the opening degree command value.