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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Marc Gagnon, Austin, CA;
Daniel Leclerc, St-Denis-de-Brompton, CA;
Marc Gagnon, Austin, CA;
Daniel Leclerc, St-Denis-de-Brompton, CA;
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;
Abstract
A recreational utility vehicle has a frame, four wheels, a pair of seats mounted laterally beside each other, a cage, a steering assembly, an engine, a front differential, a rear differential, an actuator selectively operatively connecting the engine to the front differential, and a vehicle drive mode switch for selecting between a first and second drive mode. When the first drive mode is selected, the actuator operatively connects the engine to the front differential, and when the second drive mode, the actuator operatively disconnects the engine from the front differential. An electric motor is operatively connected to the steering assembly. A steering control unit is electrically connected to the electric motor, determines an output torque to be applied by the electric motor based at least in part on a speed of the vehicle, and controls the electric motor to apply the output torque to the steering assembly.