The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyoshi Sugitani, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A steering control apparatus of the present invention has an actuator interposed in a steering system between a steering wheel and road wheels, for exerting a driving force on the steering system, and a phase control for controlling the phase of a steering reaction force acting on the steering wheel through the steering system, and can thus control a hysteresis width in a steering-wheel angle versus steering reaction force characteristic, whereby the hysteresis width can be set arbitrarily and changed suitably.