Patent ID: 8346434

Claim:
A vehicle-body behavior control apparatus comprising: steering means configured to independently adjust turning angles or toe angles of left and right wheels of a vehicle; and controlling means configured to correct the turning angles or the toe angles of the left and right wheels via the steering means when the vehicle undergoes a turning operation so that forces input to the vehicle body in a lateral direction, due to longitudinal forces and lateral forces generated by the left and right wheels, are equal to each other, and wherein the longitudinal forces generated during a turn on the left and right wheels fall along respective longitudinal lines of travel of said left and right wheels, and the lateral forces generated on the left and right wheels fall orthogonal to the respective longitudinal lines of travel, and said controlling means determines left and right lateral forces input to the vehicle body, determines if the vehicle is undergoing a braking operation, and equalizes the left and right lateral forces input to the vehicle body under conditions wherein an orthogonal lateral force of one of said left and right wheels is out of directional alignment with a vehicle body lateral force generated by the longitudinal and lateral forces on said one of said left and right wheels.