IP Library Granted Patent US 11,939,009
Granted Patent B2
US 11,939,009 · App. 17/465,854 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Steering control apparatus and method

Inventor: Junho Shin (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
B62D5/0463B62D5/0421B62D5/0481B62D5/0469
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Patent No.
US 11,939,009
App. No.
17/465,854
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a steering control apparatus and method. The steering control apparatus includes a first steering control module and a second steering control module. The first and second steering control modules respectively include first and second temperature sensors detecting respective internal temperatures of the first and second steering control modules. The first steering control module can transmit information on a first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor to the second steering control module, and the second steering control module can receive the information on the first temperature and transmit information on a second temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. The first and second steering control modules can transition according to the information on the first and second temperatures, and the first steering control module or the second steering control module can control a steering motor.

Claims (17)

1. A steering control apparatus comprising:

a first steering control module and a second steering control module capable of controlling a steering motor,

wherein the first steering control module and the second steering control module include a first temperature sensor for detecting an internal temperature of the first steering control module and a second temperature sensor for detecting an internal temperature of the second steering control module, respectively,

wherein the first steering control module transmits information on a first temperature from the first temperature sensor to the second steering control module, and the second steering control module receives the information on the first temperature and transmits information on a second temperature from the second temperature sensor to the first steering control module, and

wherein the first steering control module and the second steering control module transition based on the information on the first temperature and the information on the second temperature, and the first steering control module or the second steering control module controls the steering motor,

wherein while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a second reference value, and a position of a rack is remained at an end of a rack bar for a predetermined time, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

2. The steering control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a first reference value, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

3. The steering control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein while the second steering control module controls the steering motor, when the second temperature information is greater than or equal to a first reference value, and the first temperature information is greater than or equal to the first reference value, when the second temperature information is smaller than the first temperature information, the second steering control module maintains the control for the steering motor.

4. The steering control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a second reference value, and a position of a rack reciprocates from one end to the other end a predetermined number of times, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

5. A steering control method, the method comprising:

an internal temperature detection step of detecting respective internal temperatures of a first steering control module and a second steering control module;

a data transmission and reception step of allowing the first steering control module and the second steering control module to transmit and receive information on a first temperature that is an internal temperature of the first steering control module and information on a second temperature that is an internal temperature of the second steering control module to and from each other; and

a transition step of allowing the first steering control module or the second steering control module controls the steering motor by being transitioning based on the information on the first temperature and the information on the second temperature,

wherein in the transition step, while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a second reference value, and a position of a rack reciprocates from one end to the other end a predetermined number of times, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein in the transition step, while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a first reference value, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein in the transition step, while the second steering control module controls the steering motor, when the second temperature information is greater than or equal to a first reference value, and the first temperature information is greater than or equal to the first reference value, when the second temperature information is smaller than the first temperature information, the second steering control module maintains the control for the steering motor.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein in the transition step, while the first steering control module controls the steering motor, when the first temperature information is greater than or equal to a second reference value, and a position of a rack is remained at an end of a rack bar for a predetermined time, the second steering control module transitions to a master state and controls the steering motor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: SHIN, JUNHO
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063220/0937 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0114469 · Sep 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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