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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zensaku Murakami, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/120 ; B60T 8/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/120 ; B60T 8/24 ;
Abstract
A vehicle-behavior control apparatus for a vehicle with a center differential comprising of a control unit adopted to be connected to a braking system and vehicle status sensors. This control unit directs the braking system to distribute suitable braking force to each wheels in response to a spin or driftout moment determined by any outputs of the vehicle sensors and a state of the center differential determined by a differential state sensor.