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US 12,454,308 · App. 19/105,569 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Motor control device, electric actuator product, and electric power steering device

Inventors: Keita Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Yuzuru Hoshi (Fujisawa, JP); Takayoshi Sugawara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NSK LTD.
B62D5/0463B62D5/0409
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Patent No.
US 12,454,308
App. No.
19/105,569
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor control device including: a current command value calculation unit configured to calculate a current command value for driving a motor; a current value detection unit configured to detect current flowing through the motor; a current control unit configured to output a first voltage command value according to deviation between a current detected value, the current detected value being a detected value of current detected by the current value detection unit, and the current command value; a voltage disturbance control unit configured to calculate a second voltage command value by adding output from a delay element to the first voltage command value and also input the second voltage command value to the delay element; and a driving circuit configured to drive the motor, based on the second voltage command value.

Claims (22)

1. A motor control device comprising:

a current command value calculation unit configured to calculate a current command value for driving a motor;

a current value detection unit configured to detect current flowing through the motor;

a current control unit configured to output a first voltage command value according to deviation between a current detected value and the current command value, and having characteristics of proportional control, integral control, and derivative control for the deviation, the current detected value being a detected value of current detected by the current value detection unit;

a voltage disturbance control unit arranged at a succeeding stage of the current control unit and configured to calculate a second voltage command value by adding output from a delay element to the first voltage command value and also input the second voltage command value to the delay element, the delay element providing a delay of a length of one control cycle of the current control unit to an input signal input in a previous control cycle of the current control unit and outputting the input signal as a delay signal in a current control cycle of the current control unit; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the motor, based on the second voltage command value.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 comprising

a first filter configured to reduce noise in the second voltage command value.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein the first filter is a filter configured to reduce noise in an added value of the first voltage command value and output from the delay element.

4. The motor control device according to claim 3 , wherein an output from the first filter is inputted to the delay element.

5. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first filter separately includes a second filter configured to reduce noise in the first voltage command value and a third filter configured to reduce noise in the output from the delay element, and

the voltage disturbance control unit calculates the second voltage command value by adding the first voltage command value having noise reduced by the second filter and the output from the delay element having noise reduced by the third filter.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor control device separately includes a filter configured to reduce noise in the current command value, a filter configured to reduce noise in the current detected value, and a filter configured to reduce noise in output from the delay element.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the current control unit has a characteristic of a high-pass filter with respect to disturbance voltage applied to the motor.

8. An electric actuator product comprising:

the motor control device according to claim 1 ; and

a motor controlled by the motor control device.

9. An electric power steering device comprising:

the motor control device according to claim 1 ; and

a motor controlled by the motor control device,

wherein the electric power steering device provides a steering system of a vehicle with a steering assist force, using the motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2025
From: YOSHIDA, KEITA; HOSHI, YUZURU; SUGAWARA, TAKAYOSHI
To: NSK LTD.
Reel/Frame 070293/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-142039 · Sep 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250263112A1 · Aug 21, 2025
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