<p>An electrical power-assisted steering system comprising a brushless electric motor which has a plurality of phase windings connected at a star point and in which a switching device such as a relay is provided in at least one phase of the motor, the switching device being movable between a closed position in which current is able to flow in the phase winding and an open position which prevents current flowing in the respective phase in the event of a fault.</p>
申请公布号
EP0857135(B1)
申请公布日期
2002.05.15
申请号
EP19970939089
申请日期
1997.09.11
申请人
LUCAS INDUSTRIES LIMITED
发明人
WILSON-JONES, RUSSELL;HORTON, STEVEN, JOHN;IRONSIDE, JOHN, MICHAEL;WILKES, MARK, ANTHONY;APPLEYARD, MICHAEL