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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
May. 26, 2004
Hitoshi Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotaka Shitamitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yuusuke Katou, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotaka Shitamitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Eguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yuusuke Katou, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In steering apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a turning section that turns steered road wheels is provided, a clutch is installed in a predetermined position in a midway through a steering system from an operation input section to the steered road wheels to link between the operation input section and the steered road wheels, a steering angle of the operation portion is detected, a turning angle is detected, an elastically deformable member is interposed between the operation portion and the turning portion to transmit a steering torque inputted from the operation input section to the steered road wheels when the clutch causes the operation input portion and the steered road wheels to be connected; and an angular deviation between the steering angle detection value and the turning angle detection value developed due to a deformation of the member is calculated.