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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Uehara, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180197 ; 303148 ; 701 90 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an attitude of a motor vehicle, including a longitudinal force control device for controlling a torque of a wheel of the motor vehicle to thereby control a longitudinal force which acts in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the wheel and a road surface, and a tire slip angle control portion for controlling a tire slip angle of the wheel such that an absolute value of the tire slip angle is smaller when the longitudinal force control device is in operation than when the longitudinal force control device is not in operation.