Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kanae Hirayama

Kotei Takahashi

Yoshio Matsuoka

Katsumi Ishii

A four wheel steer control system includes a four wheel steer system, a differential between right and left driving wheels, a slip limiting system for limiting a differential action of the differential with a slip limiting resistive force whose magnitude is varied in accordance with a vehicle speed or other variable, a sensor for sensing the magnitude of the slip limiting resistive force, and a controller for controlling a ratio of a rear wheel steer angle to a steering wheel angle in accordance with the magnitude of the slip limiting resistive force.

Four wheel steer control system connected with limited slip differential

A vehicle is equipped with a four wheel drive system having a transfer, a four wheel steer system for steering front wheels and rear wheels, a sensor for sensing a condition of a driving torque distribution between the front wheels and rear wheels, by sensing a condition of the four wheel drive system, and a controller for controlling a rear wheel steer angle in accordance with the condition of the driving torque distribution by commanding the four wheel steer system in such a manner as to maintain the desirable weak understeer characteristic irrespective of change in the driving torque distribution at least when a vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined value.

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Yamato, Japan

Kanae Hirayama