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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shiro Nakano, Chihayaakasaka-mura, JP;
Hideki Higashira, Ikoma, JP;
Manabu Takaoka, Kashiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ;
Abstract
A steering apparatus for automobiles having steering operating means which is not mechanically connected to a steering mechanism, a pair of steering motors provided to different positions in the steering mechanism, and a steering control unit for distributing a necessary steering force which is obtained on the basis of a deviation between an operating position of the steering operating means and an actual operating position of the steering mechanism in a prescribed ratio so as to determine target values of the outputs of the steering motors.