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Vehicle behavior control apparatus

  • US 10,059,344 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2014
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle behavior control apparatus for controlling a behavior of a vehicle including a plurality of wheels having respective tires externally mounted thereon, the vehicle behavior control apparatus comprising:

  • a vehicle behavior estimation controller configured to estimate a turning state of the vehicle;

    a tire load calculator configured to calculate tire load factors of each of the wheels; and

    a vehicle-load controller configured to control, when the vehicle behavior estimation controller estimates that the vehicle is in the turning state, a load applied to each of the wheels based on calculated values of tire load factors indicating a ratio of tire force to maximum friction force of each of the wheels calculated by the tire load calculator, so as to increase a load applied to one of the wheels having a larger one of the tire load factors and to decrease a load applied to one of the wheels having a smaller one of the tire load factors, so that the tire load factors of the respective wheels are equalized,wherein a wheel in which the load is increased by the vehicle-load controller at a time of entering a turn is different from a wheel in which the load is increased by the vehicle-load controller at a time of exiting the turn.

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