No.1008E 2011 Establishment of Evaluation Method for Rattle Noise of Steering Gear for Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS®) System

Category TECHNICAL REPORT
Author M. TAENAKA
NV Engineering Dept., Steering System Operations Headquarters
Abstract Due to increased environmental awareness, "quiet vehicles" such as hybrid cars are driving the market and quietness is increasingly being demanded of column type electric power steering (C-EPS) systems. At the same time, increasing market globalization requires dealing with a wide variety of rough road conditions, which are frequently observed in emerging countries. In this paper, the causes of rattle noise in C-EPS manual steering (MS) gears will be touched on and a quantitative method of evaluating such noise generation proposed. Utilizing a neural network as a means of predicting rattle noise has made it possible to design an MS gear optimally suitable for the vehicle.
Keyword rattle noise, manual steering gear, electric power steering, estimation method, neural network
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