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Steering control system for a steering system of a transportation vehicle and method for operating a steering control system

US11104378B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Timo Dobberphul · Braunschweig, DE
Reno Davids · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2018
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D15/025
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering control system for operating a steering system for a transportation vehicle according to a steering intervention specification by making available a steering intervention variable, the system having computing units to redundantly calculate a manipulated variable according to a specified calculation algorithm as a function of the steering intervention specification and one or more operating state variables; a switching device for always making available one of the manipulated variables of the computing units as the steering intervention variable to the steering system; and a monitoring device to check the functional capability of the computing units, wherein the switching device is actuated as a function of the result of the check.

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