Patents Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
  • Patent number: 11691666
    Abstract: Power steering device has steering mechanism 2, power cylinder 29 having a pair of hydraulic chambers 29a, 29b divided by piston 31 and providing steering force to steering mechanism, torque sensor 11 detecting steering torque Tr of steering mechanism, rotary valve 30 selectively supplying working fluid supplied from pump 9 to the pair of hydraulic chambers according to relative rotation between input and output shafts, hollow shaft motor 10 providing steering force to input shaft, control unit 13 in which microcomputer is mounted, and torque command signal operating section 61 provided in control unit and configured to calculate torque command signal Tm* for driving and controlling electric motor 10 on the basis of the steering torque Tr and vehicle speed Vs and when vehicle speed is a predetermined vehicle speed or greater, set torque command signal to 0. With this, physical size of power steering device can be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11318986
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a first steering mechanism including a first ball nut steering, and a first motor actuator, the first ball nut steering including a first output shaft, a first ball screw, and a first transmitting mechanism, the first motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the first output shaft, a second steering mechanism including a second ball nut steering, and a second motor actuator, the second ball nut steering including a second output shaft, a second ball screw, and a second transmitting mechanism, the second motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the second output shaft, a connection member arranged to connect the first transmitting mechanism and the second transmitting mechanism so as to interlock a movement of the first transmitting mechanism and a movement of the second transmitting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Ishihara, Toshiro Yoda
  • Publication number: 20220126912
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a steering mechanism including a steering shaft, and a transmitting mechanism; and a controller including a first hydraulic passage state judging section, a first electric motor control section, and a second electric motor control section; the first hydraulic passage state judging section configured to judge a state of the hydraulic fluid in a first hydraulic passage in which the hydraulic fluid discharged from the first pump flows, the first electric motor control section configured to control and drive the first electric motor based on a driving state of a vehicle, and the second electric motor control section configured to increase a rotation number of the second electric motor when the first hydraulic passage state judging section judges that a supply of the hydraulic fluid in the first hydraulic passage is deficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio UCHIDA, Toshiro YODA, Shogo ISHIKAWA, Satoshi KUBOSAWA
  • Publication number: 20210387667
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes first and second electric motors that rotate a steering shaft via speed reduction mechanisms, and the motors being disposed to face each other. The first electric motor, a first motor pulley, a second motor pulley and the second electric motor are arranged in order in a rotation axis direction. When a first system electric actuator (including a first nut and the first electric motor) and a second system electric actuator (including a second nut and the second electric motor) are provided to the common steering shaft, in a first axis direction, the first and second nuts can be arranged close to each other, reducing sizes of the peripheries of the nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya ISHIHARA, Toshiro YODA, Shogo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210188347
    Abstract: In a steering device of the present invention, an electric motor rotates a steering shaft through a reduction mechanism, and the reduction mechanism and a torque sensor are accommodated in an integrally-structured housing. With this, the present invention can provide a steering device that is capable of suppressing increase in size of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11027774
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator for a steering system, which can be increased in degree of freedom for design change, regardless of a configuration change of a hydraulic power steering side. The actuator for a steering system comprises a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the rotation of a steering shaft to a steered wheel, a piston disposed in the transmission mechanism, and a pair of pressure chambers configured to generate a force acting to move the piston. The actuator for a steering system is disposed between a hydraulic power steering system, which imparts a steering force to the steered wheel along with the movement of the piston, and a steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro Yoda, Takuya Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10988167
    Abstract: A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft 10 including an input shaft 11, an intermediate shaft 13 connected through a first torsion bar 12 to the input shaft, and an output shaft 15 connected through a second torsion bar 14 to the intermediate shaft; a hollow motor 30 to provide a rotational force to the intermediate shaft; and a control device 60 including a microcomputer, and including an output shaft rotation angle presuming section 63 to presume an output shaft rotation angle ?g based on signals of an input shaft rotation angle ?h and an intermediate shaft rotation angle ?m, a torsion spring constant g1 and g2 of the first and second torsion bars; and a motor drive control section 69 to control the hollow motor based on the output shaft rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20210024126
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes: first and second voltage conversion circuits configured to convert voltages of electric powers supplied from first and second electric power supply circuits, to first and second predetermined voltages; first and second control circuits configured to be operated by the electric powers of the first and second predetermined voltages supplied from the first and second voltage conversion circuits, and to output first and second actuator command signals; first and second actuators configured to be actuated based on the first and second actuator command signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo MATSUMURA, Yukio UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200377147
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a first steering mechanism including a first ball nut steering, and a first motor actuator, the first ball nut steering including a first output shaft, a first ball screw, and a first transmitting mechanism, the first motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the first output shaft, a second steering mechanism including a second ball nut steering, and a second motor actuator, the second ball nut steering including a second output shaft, a second ball screw, and a second transmitting mechanism, the second motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the second output shaft, a connection member arranged to connect the first transmitting mechanism and the second transmitting mechanism so as to interlock a movement of the first transmitting mechanism and a movement of the second transmitting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya ISHIHARA, Toshiro YODA
  • Patent number: 10370028
    Abstract: Provided is a power steering device capable of causing control that uses a pump device and control that uses an electric motor on an input shaft to cooperate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE STEERING SYSTEM JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Matsumura, Masaki Watanabe