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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Tomoyuki Shinmura, Wako, JP;
Hiromi Inagaki, Wako, JP;
Masakatsu Hori, Wako, JP;
Tatsuhiro Tomari, Wako, JP;
Shinji Okuma, Wako, JP;
Akihiro Iwazaki, Wako, JP;
Takashi Kuribayashi, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Wada, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A co-operative control system for a vehicle including a force distribution device for distributing the driving force or braking force between the right and left wheels or between the front and rear wheels, includes a first control means for controlling the operation of the force distribution device, an electric power steering device, having a motor for applying a steering assist torque to a vehicle steering system, and a second control means for calculating a motor control signal for driving the motor. The motor control signal is based on at least the steering torque detected by a steering torque detecting means. The first control means calculates a correction signal for correcting said motor control signal based on the distributed force generated by the force distribution device, the second control means drives the motor based on the corrected motor control signal obtained by correcting the motor control signal with the correction signal and the first control means stops the operation of the force distribution device when the electric power steering device or the second control means malfunctions.