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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180142 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for electronically controlling the steering force needed to operate the handle of a vehicle, according to the velocity of the vehicle and the angular displacement of the handle. The apparatus includes a memory for storing various characteristic maps of different steering characteristics, a selecting switch for selecting one of these maps, and a control circuit for applying the electric current depending on the selected map to the solenoid of a flow control means which controls the pressure flow supplied to the power cylinder of a power steering system. The driver of the vehicle can select any desired control pattern from the memory by operating the selecting switch.