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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Hirohisa Tanaka, Itami, JP;
Yoshio Katayama, Itami, JP;
Kazuhiro Kato, Itami, JP;
Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hiroshima, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling behavior of a vehicle has an ECU ( ) which estimates behavior of a yaw rate of the vehicle using a first target yaw rate, a second target yaw rate and an actual yaw rate to control the behavior of the yaw rate. The ECU ( ) completes the behavior control if a completion condition is achieved during over-steering control of the vehicle. The completion condition is any one of the following matters. The steering wheel is operated to increase the steering angle. The vehicle is running straight in a stable state. The deviation between the second target yaw rate and the actual yaw rate is stable in a region lower than a preset value. The estimative brake fluid pressure is approximately identical to the fluid pressure of the master cylinder. The slip angle is small. The absolute values of the first and second target yaw rates and the absolute value of the actual yaw rate are smaller and approximately resemble to one another.