VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle steering apparatus which detects the tire load and performs the steering control to correctly reflect the condition of a road surface based on the detected tire load.

SOLUTION: A control unit 14 controls a steering actuator 2 in accordance with the operation of a steering wheel 1. An operation reaction force generated by a reaction force actuator 9 is applied to the steering wheel 1. Within a tire W, stress sensors SL and SR and an air pressure sensor SP are provided. The control unit 14 controls the steering actuator 2 and the reaction force actuator 9 with referring to the tire load detected by these sensors.

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