Abstract: The invention provides an electric power steering apparatus which can improve a steering feeling. In the electric power steering apparatus, in the case that once the electric abnormality is generated in the hardware such as the motor, the torque sensor or the like and an output of the assist force by the motor is reduced, however, the electric abnormality is thereafter dissolved due to some kind or another reason, the output of the assist force by the motor is increased immediately to an intermediate target value (within a broken line ?). Accordingly, it is possible to prevent such a steering feeling as the steering wheel becomes suddenly heavy.

Abstract: In a truing method and apparatus, an analyzing method is employed to calculate a truing shape from which a grinding surface having been trued with a grinding wheel being rotated at a low rotational speed during a truing operation is deformed to a desired shape due to centrifugal expansion depending on a rotational speed difference when the grinding wheel is rotated at a high rotational speed during a grinding operation. Then, with the grinding wheel being rotated at the low rotational speed, the grinding surface is trued with a truing roll to the calculated truing shape. As a result, the grinding surface of the grinding wheel being rotated at the low rotational speed is trued with the truing roll taking into consideration the centrifugal expansion of the grinding surface which takes place when the grinding wheel is rotatated at the high rotational speed during the grinding operation subsequent to the truing operation.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus according to the present invention is constructed to calculate a rate of change of steering speed detected by steering speed detecting means and judge whether the calculated rate of change is smaller than or equal to 0 or not, and reduce a gain of feedback control in comparison with a gain at the time of judgment when it is judged that the rate of change remains smaller than or equal to 0 for a predetermined time period and keep the reduced gain of feedback control until the deviation between target rotational speed and actual rotational speed of an electric motor becomes larger than 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solenoid-operated valve which is capable of enhancing the responsivety of a device while an electric current applied thereto is in a low current range, and which is capable of preventing the device from vibrated by the fluid pressure fluctuation while in a high current range. A spool is received in a valve sleeve for regulating the pressure of fluid. A plunger is received in a stator that has a core provided with an annular projecting portion. A solenoid magnetizes the stator to attract the plunger so as to move the plunger into the annular projecting portion. The annular projecting portion is formed with a tapered portion and a thin cylindrical portion projecting from the rear end of the tapered portion. A step is formed on the outside of the annular projecting portion between the tapered portion and the thin cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A microcomputer includes an actual DUTY value detection section that detects an actual DUTY value ?x by measuring the ratio of time in which an output voltage of each phase becomes a power supply voltage in a cycle of a triangular wave. A dead time compensation computation section subtracts the actual DUTY value ?x from a DUTY instruction value ?x before correction, thereby computing a difference value ?x. Subsequently, the dead time compensation computation section adds the difference value ?x to dead time compensation amounts ?xp, ?xm, which have been used for correcting the DUTY instruction value ?x, thereby determining new dead time compensation amounts ?xp? and ?xm?. The dead time compensation amounts ?xp, ?xm stored in a memory are renewed with the new dead time compensation amounts ?xp?, ?xm?.

Abstract: A motor control device is provided, wherein an electric power (P) consumed by the brushless DC motor is inferred from three parameters including motor phase currents (I) flowing through at least two phases of three phases of the brushless DC motor, motor phase voltages (V) applied to at least two phases which of the three phases, are the same in phase as the motor phase currents (I) flowing through the two phases, and a motor rotational angle (?). Then, the value of a power supply current (Ib) supplied to the three-phase inverter is inferred based on the electric power (P) inferred to be consumed by the brushless DC motor and the power supply voltage (Vb) applied to a three-phase inverter. In accordance a flow chart shown in FIG.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a motor vehicle is provided with a pump suction enhancer for boosting the suction of operating oil into a suction port of an oil pump. The pump suction enhancer is composed of a body section for defining a small chamber, a venturi tube passage exposed to the small chamber at an inner end thereof and connected to the suction port of the oil pump, and a nozzle protruding into the small chamber to face the inner end of the venturi tube passage with a space relative to the venturi tube passage in axial alignment with the same for ejecting the operating oil returned from a flow divider into the venturi tube passage thereby to plunge the operating oil from the small chamber into the venturi tube passage. The flow divider divides the operating oil discharged from the oil pump into a return flow to the pump suction enhancer and into a supply flow which passes through a power steering device to return to an oil reservoir.

Abstract: A power steering device is provided which is capable of preventing a wrong operation from occurring in a steering control state even when an initial torque of torque detection was not detected normally due to a human error. Upon receipt of a trigger signal, a CPU reads an initial setting program from a program storage area of a ROM and executes the initial setting program in the following order of steps. That is, the CPU detects by torque detection an initial torque which is generated primarily by the cause of the difference between origin positions of a pair of resolvers 12, 12 which together with a torsion bar constitutes the torque detection. Then, the CPU operates an assist motor to rotate a steering handle from a neutral position a predetermined rotational angle in one direction about the handle axis to stop the steering handle at a first judgment position and detects a first judgment torque value by the torque detection with the steering handle being stopped at the first judgment position.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering apparatus for a vehicle includes an elastic member couples a reaction force actuator to a steering wheel. With respect to the elastic member, a side closer to the steering wheel is referred to as a primary side, and a side closer to the reaction force actuator is referred to as a secondary side. A steering wheel position detector is located at the secondary side. Therefore, the apparatus is capable of giving a feel of a steering reaction force equivalent to an ordinary mechanically connected steering apparatus to an operator and secures stability of a control system.

Abstract: A fiber laser oscillator (1; 100) has an optical fiber (10), a pumping light emitting device (30), a light guide member (40; 140), and a core member (50). The core member (50) is configured to have a flat plate-shaped, cylindrical, annular, or hollow spherical configuration. The optical fiber (10) is wound around the surface of the core member (50) or partially embedded within the surface of the core member (50). The light guide member (40; 140) has a light receiving surface (40a) and an opposite surface (40b) opposing the receiving surface. The opposite surface (40b) of the light guide member (40; 140) contacts the circumferential surface of the core member (50). Light (Lin) emitted from the light emitting device (30) travels (i.e., pumping light (Lin)) travels within the core member (50) along the circumference of the core member (50) and excites the core portion (12) of the optical fiber (10).

Abstract: A workpiece W and a grinding wheel G are relatively moved in Z and X-axis directions perpendicular to each other, the rotational axis of the grinding wheel is inclined relative to the X-axis, and the grinding wheel is composed of a taper section Ga having a generating line parallel to the Z-axis and a spherical section Gb connecting with the generating line at the maximum diameter portion of the taper section Ga. While performing a cam profile generating motion, the grinding wheel is controlled to perform a plunge grinding feed toward the workpiece in the X-axis direction to effect a plunge grinding on the cam of the workpiece and then, while performing the cam profile generating motion, is controlled to perform a traverse grinding feed in the Z-axis direction to effect a traverse grinding on the cam.

Abstract: A torque distribution-controlling apparatus, by which a torque from a driving power source is distributed to vehicle right and left wheels via right and left axles, includes a differential having a first torque transmitting system and a second torque transmitting system, the first torque-transmitting system which transmits the torque from the driving power source to the vehicle right and left axles, and allows differentiation between these right and left axles, and the second torque-transmitting system which is structured to be symmetric to the first torque-transmitting system, transmits the torque from the driving power source to the right and left axles, and allows differentiation between these right and left axles; a left clutch controlling transmission of the torque from the first torque-transmitting system to the left axle; and a right clutch controlling transmission of the torque from the second torque-transmitting system to the right axle.

Abstract: In a torque sensor having lead pins connected to a wire harness, the wire harness includes: a plurality of lead wires; a plurality of connection terminals each having a sleeve mounted around each of the lead pins and a connection portion extended from an outer periphery of the sleeve to be connected with one end of the lead wire; and an electrically insulating terminal holder for holding the plural connection terminals. The terminal holder includes: a sleeve holder portion for holding the sleeves in mutually spaced relation in order to prevent the sleeves from contacting each other; and a connection-portion holder portion for holding the connection portions in mutually spaced relation in order to prevent the connection portions from bending to contact each other.

Abstract: A drive shaft is configured from a shaft body, a shaft portion provided with extensions and boot mounting parts coaxially and integrally formed on ends thereof, and constant velocity joints attached to ends of the extensions via interior members. The outer diameter of intermediate portions of the extensions is smaller than that of the ends and the boot mounting parts. Formed on the opening-sides of the inner surfaces of the exterior members of the constant velocity joints are flanks that face outward and leave a slight clearance with the intermediate portions. Edges forming the boot mounting part sides of the intermediate portions are set to positions corresponding to outer edges of the flanks, and tapered portions connect the edges and the boot mounting parts.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus (11) includes a reduction mechanism (G) for transmitting the rotation of a rotating shaft (28a) of a motor (28) to a ball screw nut (20) while reducing the speed of the rotation. The reduction mechanism includes a drive gear (29), which is coaxially connected to the rotating shaft of the motor, and a driven gear (16a), which is arranged on the outer surface of the ball screw nut. Due to the reduction mechanism, the motor may be inclined relative to a rack shaft (18).

Abstract: When a variable value indicates that a steering characteristic is understeer, a control unit controls a variable transmission ratio device to change a second steering angle such that the greater the understeer indicated by the variable value, the smaller the steering angle of steered wheels relative to the turning angle of a steering wheel becomes. When the differentiated value of the variable value indicates that the understeer is changing to increase, a correction unit corrects the variable value such that the greater the degree of change of the understeer indicated by the differentiated value, the greater the understeer indicated by the variable value becomes. Hence, the attitude of a vehicle in understeer is stabilized with a simple configuration.

Abstract: A torque detection apparatus includes a resolver having a rotor core and a stator core, and a computation unit having a multiple rotation amount computation section, a multiple rotation amount accumulation section, and an abnormality determination section. The rotor core moves along the axial direction of a steering shaft in response to rotation of the steering shaft. Based on a change of a transformation ratio of the resolver caused by a change of the relative positions of the rotor core and the stator core along the axial direction due to movement of the rotor core, the multiple rotation amount computation section computes a first multiple rotation amount N of the steering shaft. The multiple rotation amount accumulation section detects the switchover point of the absolute angle ?0 when the steering shaft is rotated a single rotation, and computes a second multiple rotation amount N? by accumulating the number of detection of the switchover point.

Abstract: A main clutch is disposed radially outward on a differential mechanism. There is no need to reserve space to install the main clutch at the end of the differential mechanism opposite from a differential case. Thus, the axial length of an LSD can be reduced, providing easier installation in the vehicle. Also, the LSD is installed in the vehicle to the rear of a transmission. This location provides spatial leeway in the radial direction. As a result, ease of installation is maintained if the main clutch is disposed radially outward from the differential mechanism and the outer diameter of the LSD is increased. The present invention provides a drive force transmission device with reduced axial length, thereby improving ease of installation.

Abstract: The atmosphere temperature calculator calculates an estimated atmosphere temperature value by subtracting a temperature rise amount of a temperature sensor which is calculated based on a motor drive detected current value from a detected temperature value of the temperature sensor. The overheating prevention calculator calculates estimated temperature values of a plurality of protection objects to be protected from overheating based on the estimated atmosphere temperature value and the motor drive detected current value and determines an upper limit of target current of driving a motor based on such estimated temperature values. The temperature compensation calculator calculates a temperature compensation current value to be added to a target current value in order to compensate a temperature characteristic of a predetermined portion based on the estimated atmosphere temperature value.

Abstract: The control system of a vehicle according to the present invention controls the transmission ratio of the steering angle of a steering wheel relative to a turning angle of front wheels based on a drive force distribution ratio. Thus, the performance of the tires on the front wheels can be used to almost maximum potential, providing effective prevention of understeering. The present invention provides a steering system that limits understeering effectively.