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Title:
STEERING CONTROLLER FOR COMBINATION VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH101063
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To facilitate reverse of combination vehicles by steering wheels of a trailer so that a turning center of a tractor and a turning center of the trailer coincide with each other when the comvination vehicles are moved in reverse.

When a mode changeover switch 40 is set to an automatic mode, a target connecting angle, at which a turning center of a tractor 1 and a turning center of a trailer 2 coincide with each other, is computed on the basis of the detection information from a tractor steering angle sensor 14 when connected vehicles 3 are moved backward, and a trailer steering device 19 is controlled so that a connecting angle detected from a connecting angle detection sensor 17 coincides with the target connecting angle. When the mode changeover switch 40 is set to a manual mode, steering angles of trailer wheels 20a, 20b are set by a driver. In this way, reverse movement of the connected vehicles 3 can be result carried out.


Inventors:
SUSUKI HIROTA
Application Number:
JP15214296A
Publication Date:
January 06, 1998
Filing Date:
June 13, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP
International Classes:
B62D13/06; B62D53/00; (IPC1-7): B62D13/06; B62D53/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0472079U1992-06-25
JPH0467181U1992-06-15
JPH01273774A1989-11-01
JPH0761365A1995-03-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yu Sanada