US 12,030,569 B2
Apparatus and a method for controlling steering
Nick Solomon, Coventry (GB); David Armstrong, Wythall (GB); and William Ward, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,585.
Application 18/110,585 is a division of application No. 15/734,164, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2019/064127, filed on May 30, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1808998 (GB), filed on Jun. 1, 2018; application No. 1808999 (GB), filed on Jun. 1, 2018; application No. 1809000 (GB), filed on Jun. 1, 2018; application No. 1809001 (GB), filed on Jun. 1, 2018; and application No. 1809351 (GB), filed on Jun. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192184 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 6/007 (2013.01) [B62D 7/159 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling steering of rear wheels of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising at least one control device comprising:
one or more electrical inputs for receiving an indication of a rearwards movement condition of a vehicle and a pitch angle of the vehicle; and
an output for outputting an output signal,
the at least one control device configured to:
determine a proposed rear wheel steering angle in dependence on a requested steering angle, the pitch angle of the vehicle and the rearwards movement condition of the vehicle; and
output an output signal configured to control rear wheel steering in dependence on the proposed rear wheel steering angle.