EP0467413A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electric control apparatus for four-wheel steering system

Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp

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Filing: 1991-07-22

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2011-07-22

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Abstract

Abstract An electric control apparatus (C) for a four-wheel steering system is designed to calculate a rear wheel steering angle on a basis of a control rule corresponding with a steering mode selected from a plurality of rear wheel steering modes thereby to steer a set of dirigible rear road wheels (RW1, RW2) at the calculated steering angle. The electric control apparatus (C) is further designed to calculate a difference between new and old steering angles calculated when the selected steering mode has been changed to another one of the steering modes and immediately after change of the selected steering mode, to gradually decreasing an absolute value of the calculated difference at a predetermined time interval, to correct the new steering angle in accordance with the absolute value of the calculated difference until the absolute value becomes zero after change of the selected steering mode and to control an actual steering angle of the rear road wheels (RW1, RW2) in accordance with the corrected new steering angle.

Inventors

👤 Hiroaki Tanaka
👤 Osamu Takeda
👤 Kaoru Ohashi
👤 Mizuho Sugiyama
👤 Shin Koike
👤 Hitoshi Iwata
👤 Masaru Ishikawa
👤 Hideki Kusunoki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 19:42

CPC Classifications

B; B62; B62D; B62D7/00; B62D7/06; B62D7/14; B62D7/15; B62D7/1581; B62D7/159

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2

Claim 1

Independent Claim 237 words

An electric control apparatus for a four-wheel steering system in an automotive vehicle having a set of dirigible front road wheels and a set of dirigible rear road wheels, comprising: mode selection means for selecting any one of a plurality of rear wheel steering modes; memory means for memorizing a plurality of control rules respectively corresponding with the rear wheel steering modes; calculation means for calculating a steering angle of the rear road wheels on a basis of the memorized control rule corresponding with the selected rear wheel steering mode; and an electrically operated rear wheel steering mechanism for steering the rear road wheels at the calculated steering angle; characterized in that the electric control apparatus further comprises first means for calculating a difference between new and old steering angles respectively calculated by said calculation means when the selected rear wheel steering mode has been changed to another one of the rear wheel steering modes and immediately before change of the selected rear wheel steering mode; second means for gradually decreasing an absolute value of the calculated difference at a predetermined time interval; and third means for correcting the new steering angle in accordance with the absolute value of the calculated difference until the absolute value becomes zero after change of the selected rear wheel steering mode and for controlling an actual steering angle of the rear road wheels in accordance with the corrected new steering angle.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 237 words

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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