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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Koichiro Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Takizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yanagisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stability control apparatus, includes: a grip detector that changes an output based on a grip force applied in a direction hindering a slippage of a wheel, acting on a contact face between the wheel supported by a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit and the road surface, the wheel supporting rolling bearing unit for supporting freely rotatably the wheel to a vehicle body; and a controller that performs a control for keeping a running stability of the vehicle in response to an input of a detection signal of the grip detector.