Electric power steering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12358552-B2
Application number	US-202217592715-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2022
Priority date	Feb 9, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Provided is an electric power steering device including: a motor; a drive device that supplies the motor with three-phase alternating current electric power; and a control device that controls the drive device, in which the control device is connected to a first power supply path that supplies power to the control device not via an ignition switch and a second power supply path that supplies power to the control device via the ignition switch, and the control device, in a case of detecting a failing of the first power supply path, operates with power supplied from the second power supply path and makes the motor generate an electromagnetic brake.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power steering device comprising:
a motor;
a drive device that supplies the motor with three-phase alternating current electric power; and
a control device that includes a processor and controls the drive device, wherein
the control device is connected to both of: a first power supply path that supplies power from a battery of a vehicle to the control device not via an ignition switch; and a second power supply path that supplies power from the battery of the vehicle to the control device via the ignition switch,
the control device, in a case of detecting a failing of the first power supply path, operates with power supplied from the second power supply path and makes the motor generate an electromagnetic brake, and
in a case in which a specified time elapses after the motor generates the electromagnetic brake, the drive device makes the motor release the electromagnetic brake.

2. The electric power steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first power supply path has a circuit that connects the control device to the battery of the vehicle.

3. The electric power steering device according to claim 2 , wherein
the drive device is connected to the battery of the vehicle together with the circuit of the first power supply path and supplies electric power to the motor, and
the control device, in the case of detecting the failing of the first power supply path, short-circuits the motor to generate the electromagnetic brake.

4. The electric power steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control device compares supply voltages of the first power supply path and the second power supply path, and when the difference between the supply voltages is larger than or equal to a preset voltage value, the control device detects the failing of the first power supply path.

5. The electric power steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the case in which the control device detects the failing of the first power supply path, the control device performs notification control to make a notification prompting a holding operation to a steering handle.

6. An electric power steering device, comprising:
a motor;
a drive device that supplies the motor with three-phase alternating current electric power;
a control device that includes a processor and controls the drive device; and
a detection unit that is a sensor which detects a holding operation to a steering handle, wherein
the control device is connected to both of: a first power supply path that supplies power from a battery of a vehicle to the control device not via an ignition switch; and a second power supply path that supplies power from the battery of the vehicle to the control device via the ignition switch,
the control device, in a case of detecting a failing of the first power supply path, operates with power supplied from the second power supply path and makes the motor generate an electromagnetic brake, and
in a case in which the control device detects the holding operation to the steering handle while the motor is generating the electromagnetic brake, the control device makes the motor release the electromagnetic brake.

7. An electric power steering device, comprising:
a motor;
a drive device that supplies the motor with three-phase alternating current electric power;
a control device that includes a processor and controls the drive device; and
a detection unit that is a sensor which detects a holding operation to a steering handle, wherein
the control device is connected to both of: a first power supply path that supplies power from a battery of a vehicle to the control device not via an ignition switch; and a second power supply path that supplies power from the battery of the vehicle to the control device via the ignition switch,
the control device, in a case of detecting a failing of the first power supply path, operates with power supplied from the second power supply path and makes the motor generate an electromagnetic brake, and
in a case in which the control device detects the failing of the first power supply path in a state in which the control device is detecting the holding operation to the steering handle, the control device does not make the motor generate the electromagnetic brake.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamamoto Kyoji
• Kuribayashi Takashi
• Murashige Seigo
• Ide Hirohito
• Imafuku Hideki
• Teranishi Ryoto
• Miyoshi Ryuhei
• Mano Yuki

Classifications

• H02J7/96

  in response to battery voltage · CPC title

• H02J9/06

  with automatic change-over {, e.g. UPS systems} · CPC title

• B62D5/0484 Primary

  for reaction to failures, e.g. limp home · CPC title

• B62D5/0481 Primary

  monitoring the steering system, e.g. failures · CPC title

• H02J7/007182

  Electricity · mapped topic