Developed electric power steering with JFOPS4 Company release

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JFOPS4採用電動パワーステアリングを開発 企業リリース

Release issuing company: JTEKT Corporation

Installed in Toyota Motor LEXUS new "LS" and TOYOTA new "MIRAI" J-Tect Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, our company) has developed an electric power steering (hereinafter, EPS) that has a complete dual structure of hardware including power supply * 1. It was installed in some vehicles * 2 of the new LEXUS "LS" and TOYOTA new "MIRAI" released by Toyota Motor Corporation (hereinafter, Toyota Motor) in April 2021. Steering is an important functional component responsible for "running," "turning," "stopping," and "turning" of automobiles, and requires a higher level of safety during autonomous driving. In anticipation of the spread of autonomous driving, we have defined a unique safety concept "JFOPS * 3" for steering functions, and made it possible to provide EPS with safety according to the autonomous driving level. The EPS installed this time uses JFOPS4, which is the highest in the safety concept. * 1: Steering is possible with the remaining system even if a system abnormality occurs * 2: Vehicle equipped with Advanced Drive * 3: JTEKT Fail-OPerational System 1. Main features of the developed product-Hardware complete dual structure including power supply-Equipped with a function that can support fully automatic driving (JFOPS4) -Steering MCU to ensure safety even if the driver is letting go during automatic driving * 4 Assist can be continued even if a failure occurs * 4: MCU: Motor Control Unit 2. Circuit configuration schematic diagram (JFOPS4) 3. JTEKT Fail-OPerational System (JFOPS) Our unique concept for safety 4. Future development In anticipation of the rapid spread of autonomous driving, we have prepared EPS systems that support all autonomous driving levels. In the future, we will continue to propose products that further enhance safety and reliability and support various levels of autonomous driving to automobile manufacturers around the world.To the details of the corporate press release To the top of PR TIMES

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