Patent ID: 9387875
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. An electric power steering apparatus in a vehicle having road wheels and a steering handle which is operatively connected to the road wheels through a steering shaft, comprising: a torque detecting unit for detecting a steering torque from the steering handle; an electric motor operatively connected to the steering shaft; a motor control unit for controlling the electric motor; at least one of an operational-quantity detecting unit and a vehicle-behavior detecting unit, the operational-quantity detecting unit detecting an operational quantity of an operating member for generating a behavior of the vehicle in transverse directions thereof or horizontal rotational directions, the vehicle-behavior detecting unit for detecting a quantity representative of the behavior of the vehicle in the transverse directions or the horizontal rotational directions; wherein the motor control unit includes: wherein the motor control unit controls the electric motor based on a deviation between the target reference current and the target additive current deviation; and wherein there is a continuous mechanical connection between the road wheels and the steering handle.