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Device for adjusting the steering angle of vehicle wheels

  • US 5,189,613 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1991
  • Issued: 02/23/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vehicle having a plurality of steerable wheels and a steering wheel, an apparatus for adjusting the steering angle of at least one steerable wheel of the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:

  • sensor means for sensing the steering angle of the vehicle steering wheel, the speed of the vehicle, and a vehicle state variable of the vehicle, said steering angle selected by a driver of the vehicle, said sensor means generating an output signal; and

    a controller connected to said sensor means and receiving said sensor means output signal, said controller determining a reference value for said vehicle state variable which is dependent on the vehicle speed and the steering angle;

    said controller correcting the steering angle of said steerable wheel such that the vehicle has an understeering steering performance.

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