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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Yasuharu Oyama, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Nishi, Wako, JP;
Takashi Nishimori, Wako, JP;
Kazushige Sugamata, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawagoe, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a steering system which produces a reactive steering assist torque which tends to cancel any unintended or undesired behavior of the vehicle, the relationship between the steering angle and the vehicle behavior such as the yaw rate and the lateral acceleration reverses in sense depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle. To prevent the control unit for the steering system from producing any reactive steering assist torque which could worsen the behavior of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling rearward, the control unit either eliminates or reverses the sense of the reactive steering assist torque when the vehicle is traveling rearward.