Method for steering a vehicle

US11192580B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Anton Obermüller · Ingolstadt, DE
• Adrian Mihailescu · Ingolstadt, DE
• Martin Enning · Ingolstadt, DE
• Matthias Lehmann · Freising, DE
• Christian Wiedenmann · Ingolstadt, DE
• Michael Ortlechner · Ingolstadt, DE
• Ferdinand Hartinger · Plön, DE
• Klaus Diepold · Kissing, DE
• Michael Schiffer · Mönchengladbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 26, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/021
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for steering a vehicle, having a front axle with steerable wheels, a rear axle with steerable wheels, having a steering system including as its components a steering wheel operable by the driver and at least one automatic steering module, wherein a manual primary steering intervention is undertaken by the driver of the vehicle for the steering wheel, on the basis of which a manual primary steering reaction occurs for the wheels of the front axle, wherein on the basis of the manual primary steering reaction at least one automatic secondary steering intervention is undertaken with the at least one automatic steering module for the wheels of at least one axle.