Patent ID: 8301321

Claim:
A control apparatus for use in a vehicle that includes a wheel, and an alignment adjustment apparatus for adjusting alignment of the wheel, comprising: travel resistance detecting means for detecting a travel resistance of the vehicle; and alignment control means for controlling the alignment adjustment apparatus so as to reduce the travel resistance that is detected by the travel resistance detecting means; and wherein the alignment adjustment apparatus of the vehicle includes: a camber shaft that serves as a central axis about which the wheel is pivoted when changing a camber angle of the wheel, and that is tilted downward or upward along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a steering drive apparatus for driving the wheel so as to pivot the wheel about the camber shaft; wherein, when the wheel is pivoted in one direction about the camber shaft by the steering drive apparatus, the camber angle and toe angle of the wheel are both simultaneously changed by the same pivoting movement in the one direction about the camber shaft; and wherein the alignment control means controls the steering drive apparatus.