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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Ryouhei Hayama, Nabari, JP;
Akihiro Takazato, Kashiwara, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle steering system configured to reduce the burden placed on an operator when steered wheels are returned to a neutral position, a knob for operating a steering wheel is turnably attached to the steering wheel. A switch is attached to the knob. A steered system ECU includes a target steered angle setting unit. The target steered angle setting unit changes a target steered angle to a steered angle corresponding to a position closer to the neutral position of the steered wheels when the switch is turned on in a state where the turning amount of the steering wheel from a turning angle of the steering wheel corresponding to the neutral position of the steered wheels is within a prescribed range.