Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle and steering apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 车辆和转向装置
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Application No.: US13749311Application Date: 2013-01-24
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Publication No.: US08930078B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Takashi Nishimori
- Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-012580 20120125
- Main IPC: A01B69/00
- IPC: A01B69/00 ; B62D6/00 ; B60K6/52 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/20 ; B60K23/08

Abstract:
A vehicle has a rear wheel drive device for driving rear wheels independently of a front wheel drive device. A drive mode control unit performs at least one of a first switching operation for switching between a front-wheel-only-drive mode and a rear-wheel-only-drive mode, a second switching operation for switching between a composite drive mode and the rear-wheel-only-drive mode, and a third switching operation for switching between the composite drive mode and the front-wheel-only-drive mode. When the drive mode control unit performs any one of the first switching operation, the second switching operation, and the third switching operation, an assistive force controller of the steering apparatus changes a control process for controlling a steering assistive force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130190986A1 VEHICLE AND STEERING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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