Control element arrangement for controlling the longitudinal movement and/or the lateral movement of a motor vehicle

US6446747B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Manfred Muller · Wuppertal, DE
• Werner Reichelt · Jeffery Road, DE
• Peter Frank · Budapest, HU
• Christopher K. Rhoades · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A control element arrangement is disclosed for controlling a motor vehicle without conventional pedals and steering wheel. Two control elements are provided which can be operated independently of one another, in which case at least the longitudinal speed and/or at least the steering angle can be controlled optionally by operating one or the other control element. As a result, with respect to the longitudinal and/or the lateral dynamic control, on the one hand, a redundancy is created which increases the operating reliability and, on the other hand, the control-comfort-increasing possibility is created of being able to guide the vehicle alternated by means of one or the other control element.