Patent ID: 8855861
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A control system for a vehicle capable of making a small radius turn that has steerable wheels and drivable wheels, the control system comprising: a steered wheel position sensor coupled to one of the steerable wheels and configured to generate a signal corresponding to the actual position of such steerable wheel, regardless of a commanded position of such steerable wheel; a speed input sensor configured to generate a signal representative of a commanded speed input; and a control unit coupled to the steered wheel position sensor and the speed input sensor, the control unit being configured to generate signals for controlling the drivable wheels as a function of at least: the signal corresponding to the actual position of the steerable wheel to which the steered wheel position sensor is coupled, the signal representative of the commanded speed input, a wheel base of the steerable wheels, a wheel base of the drivable wheels, a track width, any steerable wheel offset, and any drivable wheel offset.