Patent ID: 6324458
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,B62D

Abstract:
A device for controlling a turn running behavior of a vehicle having a vehicle body, front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheels, an engine for driving at least a rear pair or a front pair of the wheels, a steering system for steering at least the front pair or the rear pair of the wheels, and a brake system for braking each of the wheels, comprising:means for detecting at least one parameter with respect to the turn running behavior of the vehicle in addition to a drive direction thereof, the one parameter being indicative of changes of degree of desirability of the turn running behavior control according to changes of a magnitude thereof,means for calculating an amount for the turn running behavior control based upon the turn running behavior parameters detected by the turn running behavior parameter detection means,means for determining a start of the turn running behavior control according to the one turn running behavior parameter traversing a threshold value determined therefor, andmeans for executing the turn running behavior control by operating at least one of the engine and the brake system according to the turn running behavior control amount,wherein the turn running behavior control start determination means change the threshold value in a rearward drive of the vehicle as compared in a forward drive thereof such that the turn running behavior control is started at a lower degree of the desirability thereof in the rearward drive than in the forward drive.