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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Daniel E. Williams, Lebanon, IN (US);
Inventor:
Daniel E. Williams, Lebanon, IN (US);
Assignee:
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus () for turning steerable wheels () of a vehicle () in response to input to a driver control interface () includes a sensor () for monitoring steering input to the driver control interface () and for providing a steering input signal indicative of the monitored steering input. Front and rear steering systems (and) are actuatable for turning front and rear sets of steerable wheels (), respectively. A controller (), upon a malfunction of the front steering-system (), actuates only the rear steering system () in response to the steering input signal.