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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Jtekt Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Hajime Kamimae, Okazaki, JP;
Yoshio Kudo, Machida, JP;
Tomoyuki Iida, Nisshin, JP;
Yuko Goto, Okazaki, JP;
Takahito Ishino, Numazu, JP;
Atsushi Ishihara, Sakurai, JP;
Junya Miyake, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A reaction force actuator applies, during normal operation, a steering reaction force, which rapidly increases upon approaching an upper limit of a virtual steering range, to a steering wheel. During rapid steering in which a turning angle velocity is greater than or equal to a predetermined value and a turning follow delay is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the reaction force actuator applies a steering reaction force to the steering wheel based on an upper limit corresponding to a narrower virtual steering range.