Appeal No. 2000-0916 Page 6
Application No. 08/907,965
to produce a steering response of the motor vehicle in
the event of a fault in vehicle steering equipment.
Yasuno's invention relates generally to a system and2
method for controlling a braking force for an automotive
vehicle which can improve steering stability of the vehicle
during braking. Yasuno teaches (column 2, lines 3-8) that a
principal object of his invention is "to provide a system and
method for controlling a braking force for an automotive
vehicle in which a function of, so-called, anti-skid control
is added to a braking force control function so as to achieve
a higher steering stability of the vehicle." Yasuno then
states (column 2, lines 9-37) that
The above-described object can be achieved by
providing a system for controlling a braking force
applied to each tire wheel of an automotive vehicle,
comprising: a) first means for detecting a steering
angular displacement of a steering wheel of the vehicle
and for producing a first signal indicative of the
steering angular displacement;
b) second means for detecting a forward/rearward speed of
the vehicle and for producing a second signal indicative
of the speed; c) third means, responsive to the first and
second signals from the first and second means, for
2See pages 7-11 of the brief for a fuller explanation of
Yasuno's invention.
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