Electric power steering system and method for controlling the same

• US 8,655,550 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2009
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Yoshifumi, Yamazaki, Norio, Takimoto, Shigenori, Kawamoto, Yoshimichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nolan, Peter D
• Application Number:
  US12/558,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20100087988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,618 Days
• Field of Search: 701/41, 701/42, 701/43, 701/44, 180/443, 180/446
• US Class Current: 701/42
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0463 calculating assisting torque from the motor based on driver input
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/04 responsive only to forces disturbing the intended course of the vehicle, e.g. forces acting transversely to the direction of vehicle travel

Abstract

An electric power steering system includes an electric assist motor, a controller, a first corrector, and a second corrector. The electric assist motor is configured to assist steering according to a steering assist amount. The controller is configured to control the steering assist amount in accordance with an input steering force. The first corrector is configured to correct the steering assist amount with a correction amount in accordance with a steering torque during running on a cant road. The second corrector is configured to correct the correction amount in accordance with a steering angular velocity.

Claims

1. An electric power steering system comprising:

an electric assist motor configured to assist steering according to a steering assist amount;

a controller configured to control the steering assist amount in accordance with an input steering force;

a first corrector configured to correct the steering assist amount with a correction amount in accordance with a steering torque during running on a cant road;

a second corrector configured to correct the correction amount in accordance with a steering angular velocity; and

a steering torque sensor configured to provide a detected steering torque,

wherein the controller is configured to calculate an estimated steering torque based on the steering angular velocity, and the second corrector is configured to change the correction amount in accordance with a comparison between the detected steering torque and the estimated steering torque.

2. The electric power steering system according to claim 1, wherein the second corrector sets the correction amount substantially to zero if an absolute value of the estimated steering torque is larger than an absolute value of the detected steering torque.