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Steering control apparatus for a vehicle

  • US 20050205339A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2005
  • Published: 09/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A steering control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

  • steering control means for controlling a steered wheel angle of a wheel to be steered in response to steering operation of a vehicle driver;

    braking force estimation means for estimating a braking force applied to each of at least a pair of right and left wheels of said vehicle, respectively;

    lateral acceleration detection means for detecting a lateral acceleration of said vehicle;

    braking force modification means for calculating a variation of braking force resulted from a varying load applied to each of said right and left wheels on the basis of the lateral acceleration detected by said detection means, when said vehicle is turning, and modifying the braking force estimated by said braking force estimation means, on the basis of the variation of braking force; and

    steered wheel angle setting means for setting the steered wheel angle of said wheel to be steered, to cancel a moment about a gravity center of said vehicle, on the basis of the braking force modified by said braking force modification means.

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