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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 41 ; 701 36 ; 701 42 ; 180422 ; 180412 ; 303146 ; 303140 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a motion of a vehicle supported on steered and non-steered road wheels. A target vehicle motion value is calculated based on the steering angle and vehicle speed to provide a predetermined response characteristic related to a vehicle plane behavior. A target steering angle value for the non-steered road wheel to realize the vehicle plane behavior is calculated according to the target vehicle motion value. The non-steered road wheels are steered according to the calculated target steering angle value. The damping characteristic of the response characteristic is decreased as the vehicle speed increases.