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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Nathaniel Ellis, Marysville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel Ellis, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 6/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method for an automotive vehicle steering system including an electric motor providing a steering force on a steering mechanism. The method comprises providing at least three steering system MAPs which control an electric current supplied to the electric motor. Wherein if a new MAP is selected when at least two prior selected MAPs are blending, the MAP comprising the greatest component of a blend at the time the new MAP is selected is decreased at a faster rate than the MAP comprising the lesser component.