Suspension-steering control apparatus
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsShin Takehara, Toshiki Morita, Shigefumi Hirabayashi, Toshio Nakajima
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Abstract
A suspension-steering control apparatus is provided with suspension-characteristic changing means for changing a suspension characteristic and a rear-wheel steering mechanism for steering rear wheels of a vehicle. The suspension characteristics is such that, for example, a magnitude of a damping force of a suspension or a rolling rigidity ratio of the rear portion of the vehicle body to the front portion thereof can be changed. The rear-wheel steering mechanism is controlled on the basis of a predetermined steering characteristic. The steering-characteristic is corrected in synchronization with alteration of the suspension characteristic.
Claims23
A suspension-steering control apparatus comprising:
- suspension-characteristic changing means for changing a suspension characteristic;
- a rear-wheel steering mechanism for steering rear wheels of a vehicle;
- steering control means for controlling said rear-wheel steering mechanism on the basis of a predetermined steering characteristic;
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- steering-characteristic correcting means for correcting said steering characteristic in synchronization with so as to assist alteration of the suspension characteristic by said suspension-characteristic changing means.
A suspension-steering control apparatus comprising:
- a rear-wheel steering mechanism for steering rear wheels;
- a selection means for selecting a characteristic combination by manual operation from a plurality of characteristics combinations so set as to correspond to a suspension characteristic and a steering characteristic;
- a suspension-characteristic changing means for changing the suspension characteristic so as to produce another suspension characteristic corresponding to said characteristic combination selected by said selection means;
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- a steering control means for controlling said rear wheel steering mechanism on the basis of the steering characteristic corresponding to said characteristic combination chosen by said selection means;
- wherein said plurality of characteristic combinations is set so as to allow the steering characteristic to assist the suspension characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.