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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Taku Suzuki, Isehara, JP;

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/046 (2013.01); B62D 15/0235 (2013.01); B62D 5/0487 (2013.01); B62D 5/0469 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steering control apparatus of a vehicle includes a steering motor configured to output a steering torque for steering turning wheel, a steering motor angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the steering motor, a steering motor drive current supply unit configured to supply the steering motor with a steering motor drive current for setting a turning angle of the turning wheel to an angle corresponding to an operation of a steering wheel, a set rotation angle storage unit configured to store beforehand a set rotation angle which is the rotation angle of the steering motor and which corresponds to the set turning angle that is set to an angle smaller than a limit turning angle to which the turning wheel is steerable, and a current supply quantity limiting unit configured to limit a supply quantity of the steering motor drive current.


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