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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Shibuya, Atsugi, JP;
Noriki Kubokawa, Atsugi, JP;
Shogo Miyasaka, Zama, JP;
Takuya Narasaki, Atsugi, JP;
Yukinobu Matsushita, Isehara, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle steering control apparatus and vehicle steering control method make it possible to suppress a steering state of a steering operation element from being different from the driver's intention, in starting the driving source. A backup clutch, which is switchable between a release state where a torque transmission path is mechanically decoupled and an engagement state where the torque transmission path is mechanically coupled, is set to the engagement state in starting the engine. When the steering torque detected after the engine starts becomes equal to or lower than a clutch release start torque, the backup clutch in the engagement state is switched to the release state.