Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm C. B. Allenby
  • Patent number: 6170600
    Abstract: In an automatic power steering system incorporated with a power steering system and an automatic steering system, a continuous switching unit carries out a switch over between a power steering mode and an automatic steering mode in a continuous manner depending on the magnitude of the manual steering torque applied to the steering wheel. Thus, a smooth transition from one of the steering modes to the other can be accomplished without involving any absence of control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Shimizu