US 12,155,276 B2
Electric power steering apparatus
Takanori Ichikawa, Tokyo (JP); Kengo Fujimoto, Tokyo (JP); Takahisa Kawaguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Kentaro Urimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/050,506
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/031310
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/039572, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0075301 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H02K 3/28 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); H02K 3/50 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01)
CPC H02K 11/33 (2016.01) [B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B62D 5/046 (2013.01); H02K 3/28 (2013.01); H02K 3/50 (2013.01); H02K 2211/03 (2013.01); H02K 2213/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric power steering apparatus comprising:
a motor having a rotor fixed on an output shaft thereof and a stator;
a control unit for controlling the motor;
a control board; and
a housing covering the inside of the control unit, the housing including an insulating case and a metal housing,
wherein the motor and the control unit are arranged in parallel with each other in a direction in which the output shaft of the motor extends so as to be integrally fixed to each other,
wherein the motor has a first armature winding and a second armature winding,
wherein the control unit has a first control unit for controlling the first armature winding and a second control unit for controlling the second armature winding,
wherein at least part of constituent elements of the first control unit and at least part of constituent elements of the second control unit are arranged in a peripheral portion of the output shaft,
wherein the constituent elements of the first control unit and the constituent elements, of the second control unit, that correspond to the constituent elements of the first control unit are arranged in point symmetry with respect to a center axis of the output shaft or in line symmetry with respect to a virtual straight line perpendicular to the direction in which the output shaft extends, and
wherein pairs of the constituent elements of the first control unit and the constituent elements of the second control unit comprise each of a pair of inverter circuits, a pair of CPUs, and a pair of driving circuits,
wherein the pair of driving circuits and the pair of CPUs are arranged on a face of the control board,
wherein the pair of inverter circuits are arranged on a face of the metal housing, and
wherein the face of the control board and the face of the metal housing face a same direction.