Motor vehicles – Including one or more ski-like or runner members – With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
Patent
1989-02-28
1989-11-07
Hill, Mitchell J.
Motor vehicles
Including one or more ski-like or runner members
With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
60385, 91536, 92117R, 180141, 180142, 180 791, 36442405, B62D 504, B62D 506, B62D 602, B62D 604
Patent
active
048785571
ABSTRACT:
In addition to a conventional steering system for steering a vehicle through the front wheels in accordance with an angular displacement of the steering wheel, the vehicle is equipped with a negative feedback steering control system which steers the vehicle through the front or rear wheels in accordance with an instantaneous yaw rate of the vehicle. The feedback system has a vehicle behavior sensor for sensing the yaw rate, and an control circuit which determines an actual quantity which is equal to the yaw rate or a linear combination of the yaw rate and the time derivative of the yaw rate and a reference quantity which is a function of the angular displacement and the vehicle speed, so designed as to be approximately equal to the yaw rate if there is no disturbance. The control circuit produces a feedback signal proportional to a difference between the actual quantity multiplied by a first coefficient and the reference quantity multipled by a second coefficient. In response to the feedback signal, an actuator corrects the direction of the front or rear wheels in such a direction as to reduce the yaw rate. A lateral acceleration of the vehicle may be used in place of the yaw rate.
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Fukunaga Yukio
Okuyama Yuji
Shibahata Yasuji
Tsubota Yasumasa
Uno Takaaki
Hill Mitchell J.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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