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Method and device for operating a transportation vehicle function

US10988173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Lars Goering · Peine, DE
Tobias Rüger · Braunschweig, DE
Timo Dobberphul · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/021
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a transportation vehicle function based on a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of a steering wheel arrangement in a steering system including prespecifying an electromotive steering intervention to move the steering system by providing a steering intervention force or a steering intervention torque; ascertaining a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of the steering wheel arrangement depending on the response of the steering wheel arrangement based on the electromotive steering intervention; and operating the transportation vehicle function based on the ascertained natural frequency and/or the ascertained moment of inertia of the steering wheel arrangement.

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