TURNING CONTROL DEVICE AND TURNING CONTROL METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce energy consumption during the turning of a vehicle, and sufficiently increase yaw rate. SOLUTION: A turning control device has: a body of a vehicle; wheels WLF, WRF, WLB and WRB; a wheel driving part for applying a camber angle to these wheels; a steering member operated for steering the vehicle; an operation amount detecting part for detecting an operation amount of the steering member; and a camber angle application processing means for applying a camber angle in a direction for inclining tires in the opposite direction of a steering direction, to rear tires among tires if determined based on a detected operation amount that the vehicle is subjected to turning motion. The yaw rate is sufficiently increased because the camber angle in the direction for inclining the tires in the opposite direction of the steering direction is applied to the rear wheels among the wheels if determined that the vehicle is subjected to the turning motion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT