IP Library Granted Patent US 11,453,432
Granted Patent B2
US 11,453,432 · App. 17/026,580 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Turning device

Inventor: Masakazu Furuyoshi (Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP)
Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
B62D5/0418B62D5/046B62D7/226B62D15/0225
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,453,432
App. No.
17/026,580
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turning device includes: a motor configured to generate a drive force for independently steering a steered wheel; a speed reducer connected to a rotary shaft body of the motor; and a brake configured to suppress transfer of torque between the motor and the speed reducer.

Claims (10)

1. A turning device comprising:

a motor configured to generate a drive force for independently steering a steered wheel;

a speed reducer connected to a rotary shaft body of the motor; and

a brake configured to suppress transfer of torque between the motor and the speed reducer.

2. The turning device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first rotation sensor configured to detect a rotational angle on an output side of the speed reducer; and

a steering electronic control unit configured to actuate the brake in a case where a behavior of the steered wheel is abnormal based on information from the first rotation sensor.

3. The turning device according to claim 2 , wherein the steering electronic control unit is configured to measure a time, configured to determine an abnormality in the behavior of the steered wheel based on the rotational angle which is obtained from the first rotation sensor and an angular speed calculated in accordance with the measured time, and configured to actuate the brake in a case where in the behavior of the steered wheel is determined as abnormal.

4. The turning device according to claim 2 , wherein the steering electronic control unit is configured to actuate the brake in a case where a vehicle to which the steered wheel is attached is stationary.

5. The turning device according to claim 1 , wherein the brake is a non-energized actuated brake configured to stop rotation of the rotary shaft body of the motor through friction when the brake is not energized.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059230/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2020
From: FURUYOSHI, MASAKAZU
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054400/0872 →