IP Library Granted Patent US 8,803,459
Granted Patent B2
US 8,803,459 · App. 13/251,553 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Steering control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,803,459
App. No.
13/251,553
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a steering control apparatus having a structure by which it is possible to efficiently dissipate high heat that may be generated, simplify a manufacturing process, and reduce manufacturing costs.

Claims (6)

1. A steering control apparatus, which controls and generates a motor command current through a current control based on an input driver's steering torque and a detected motor operation current, to perform a function of assisting the driver's steering torque, the steering control apparatus comprising:

a main printed circuit board in which the function of assisting the driver's steering torque is implemented with an electronic circuit; and

a motor operation current detection shunt resistor directly mounted on a surface of the main printed circuit board as a surface mount device (SMD) by using a surface mount technology so as to detect the motor operation current.

2. The steering control apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a current control transistor for controlling a current and a heat dissipating printed circuit board configured to dissipate heat from the current control transistor and horizontally arranged on a same plane as the main printed circuit board.

3. The steering control apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the heat dissipating printed circuit board includes a metal printed circuit board.

4. The steering control apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the current control transistor comprises at least one of a field effect transistor and a bipolar transistor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062206/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2011
From: CHOI, DAE GEUN
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027005/0889 →