Method and assembly for validity-checking and/or (re)initializing rear wheel steering

US11591015B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Hubertus Eilers · Hilter, DE
• Ulf Beering · Melle, DE
• Dominik Vogt · Meckenbeuren, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/024
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly for plausibility checking and/or reinitializing a rear wheel steering system of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering unit, which includes at least one rear wheel actuator for adjusting a rear-wheel steering angle and a sensor for detecting the set position of the rear wheel actuator, with at least one reference sensor for detecting a reference signal and with an electronic control unit for carrying out the plausibility check and/or reinitialization of the sensor. The reference sensor is part of a vehicle unit different from the rear wheel steering unit and is designed to detect a vehicle-status-dependent reference signal. Furthermore, the control unit includes at least one mathematical model which, based on the vehicle-status-dependent reference signal, can determine a reference value and/or a reference vehicle status, with which the plausibility check and/or reinitialization can be carried out by the control unit.