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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1985
Yukio Fukunaga, Zushi, JP;
Yasuji Shibahata, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasumasa Tsubota, Yokosuka, JP;
Namio Irie, Yokohama, JP;
Junsuke Kuroki, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle is disclosed whereby a steering characteristic of the vehicle is automatically adjustable to a feature of the driver's steering the vehicle. The feature of the driver's steering the vehicle is detected in terms of a driver's technique or habit in manipulating a steering wheel or a motion characteristic of the vehicle such as a yaw rate or a lateral acceleration resulting from a driver's manipulating the steering wheel. A pair of steerable road wheels, such as a pair of front road wheels, are steered through an angle which is proportioned to an angle through which the steering wheel is manually turned at a ratio which is variable with variation in the feature of the driver's steering the vehicle.