Patent ID: 6807471
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A steering apparatus of a vehicle provided with a steered tire wheel which is steered in correspondence to an operation of a steering wheel, comprising:first detecting means for detecting an actual position indicating a present rotational position of the steering wheel; second detecting means for detecting a wheel angle of the steered tire wheel; electric type drive means for driving the steered tire wheel, said drive means outputting a power output for operating the steered tire wheel in correspondence to a steering wheel operation; and compensating means for executing a first compensation for compensating an actual position of said steering wheel, said compensating means controlling the power output of said drive means at a time when a deviation is detected between the actual position of said steering wheel detected by said first detecting means and a wheel angle of said steered tire wheel detected by said second detecting means, thereby reducing said deviation, wherein said compensating means executes a second compensation for reducing a difference in the power output of the drive means between before and after the deviation is cancelled, at a time when the deviation between the actual position of said steering wheel and the wheel angle of the steered tire wheel is cancelled by executing the first compensation.