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Steer-by-wire system, motor vehicle, and method for operating a steer-by-wire system

US11247715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · LI

Inventors

Muhammad Adeel Awan · Herzogenrath, DE
Jens Dornhege · Pulheim, DE
Goetz-Philipp Wegner · Dortmund, DE
Otto Hofmann · Lechenich, DE
Frank Peter Engels · Solingen, DE
Kristof POLMANS · Tarrenz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2017
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D9/005
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steer-by-wire system for a motor vehicle includes at least two wheels which are steerable independently of one another in a normal operating mode of the steer-by-wire system, at least two steering actuators, each one being assigned to one of the steerable wheels and being configured for adjusting a steering angle of the particular steerable wheel, and at least one steering electronics system which is signally connected to the steering actuators and which is configured for controlling the steering actuators individually on the basis of steering commands.

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