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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Xiaodi Kang, Dublin, OH (US);
Christopher J. Cymbal, Marysville, OH (US);
David A. Thompson, Bellefontaine, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/14 (2012.01); B62D 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/14 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2600/00 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 7/159 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating steerable rear wheels of a vehicle includes detecting a rear wheel steering angle of at least one of the steerable rear wheels, and detecting a first vehicular condition. The method further includes determining a weighted rear steering angle value based at least in part upon the rear wheel steering angle and the first vehicular condition, and controlling the steerable rear wheels in response to the weighted rear steering angle value.