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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Andrew Dennis Barton, Coventry, GB;
James Owen Patrick Farrelly, Kenilworth, GB;
Nicholas Alford, Koblenz, DE;
Inventors:
Andrew Dennis Barton, Coventry, GB;
James Owen Patrick Farrelly, Kenilworth, GB;
Nicholas Alford, Koblenz, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D006/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering assistance controller for the generation of a compensating torque which assists the driver in overcoming the tendency of a vehicle to oversteer by encouraging the driver to steer the vehicle back to a non-steering condition through the application of said compensating torque which is based substantially upon an estimate of magnitude of oversteer.