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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Other;
Abstract
In a posture control apparatus controlling the posture of a vehicle in yawing direction by independently controlling brakes of the wheels, intervention of a first oversteer control is carried out when the oversteering tendency of the vehicle is stronger than a first preset reference value, intervention of a second oversteer control, in which the control amount is lower than in the first oversteer control, is carried out when the oversteering tendency of the vehicle is not stronger than the first preset reference value, but stronger than a second preset reference value, and intervention of a third oversteer control, in which the control amount is lower than in the first oversteer control, is carried out when the oversteering tendency of the vehicle is not stronger than the second preset reference value, but stronger than a third preset reference value.