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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

May. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;

Inventors:

Christian De Grammont, Sherbrooke, CA;

Maxime Boisvert, Trois-Riviere, CA;

Maxime Desjardins-Goulet, Sherbrooke, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/15 (2006.01); B62D 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/1509 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 9/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for steering a four-wheeled vehicle includes: determining a front wheel steering angle; determining a responsive low-speed steering angle of the two rear wheels, the responsive low-speed steering angle being (i) negative when the front wheel steering angle is positive, and (ii) positive when the front wheel steering angle is negative; determining a responsive high-speed steering angle of the two rear wheels, the responsive high-speed steering angle being (i) non-negative when the front wheel steering angle is positive, and (ii) non-positive when the front wheel steering angle is negative; determining a responsive rear wheel steering angle being a sum of the responsive low-speed and high-speed steering angles; and controlling a steering actuator to steer the two rear wheels in accordance with the responsive rear wheel steering angle.


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