An electric power steering device for a vehicle includes a plurality of assist systems electromagnetically driving an electric motor. When a first or second assist system malfunctions, a malfunction state assist amount calculation part calculates an assist amount while decreasing a limit value at the vehicle stopping, to an amount smaller than a limit value at the vehicle moving. When a malfunction such as a disconnection or a fixing of the switching elements occurs in the first or second assist systems on the basis of a judgment result of a malfunction judgment function, an assist amount switching part supplies an assist amount received from the malfunction state assist amount calculation part to first and second motor drive control parts. When a malfunction occurs in one of the first and second assist systems, one of the first and second motor drive control parts drives the motor by using the assist amount.
Electric power steering device for vehicle
2018-11-27
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |