Degradation concept for a steer-by-wire steering system

    公开(公告)号:US12116051B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17969007

    申请日:2022-10-19

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04

    CPC分类号: B62D5/0484

    摘要: A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle or a steering system for an autonomous driving motor vehicle includes a controller configured or programmed to control steering of steerable road wheels depending on a driver's input or an input of an autonomous driving unit and to include a normal mode of operation with full steering functionality and no quality problems, and at least two degraded modes with degraded operation of the steering system. The steering system includes an evaluator to evaluate a state of performance degradation of the steering system and to set the operation mode of the controller based on an evaluation result from the evaluator.

    Steering column for a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12091079B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US18382358

    申请日:2023-10-20

    IPC分类号: B62D1/185 B62D1/181

    CPC分类号: B62D1/185 B62D1/181

    摘要: A steering column for a motor vehicle, including a casing unit, in which a steering spindle is mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis (L) running in the longitudinal direction, and which has at least one inner casing telescopically adjustable in the longitudinal direction in an outer casing tube, comprising a roller guide having at least one bearing support, which is radially supported and movable on the inner casing, and in which at least one roller is mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis (L).

    POWER DEMAND AND DEGRADATION INFORMATION PROVISION FOR A STEERING SYSTEM OF A ROAD VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240246602A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18612498

    申请日:2024-03-21

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04

    CPC分类号: B62D5/0484

    摘要: A method to control a steering system or a sub-system of a road vehicle including a controller to operate in a normal mode with full steering functionality and no quality problems and at least two degraded operation modes with degraded operation of the steering system, the controller including an evaluator including an allocation between degradation levels of the steering system or the sub-system and operation modes, and the method includes determining an overall degradation level for the steering system or the sub-system by collecting single individual degradation levels of the steering system or the sub-system in the evaluator and determining an overall degradation level as a level with a highest degradation of the single individual degradation levels which in a corresponding operation mode provides enough performance of the steering system for an expected maximum power request.

    Steer-by-wire steering gear with coupling rod supported on a pressure piece

    公开(公告)号:US12037057B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17274484

    申请日:2019-09-19

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 B62D5/00

    摘要: A steering gear for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle may include a coupling rod which is supported in a steering gear housing and on which a threaded spindle is formed, with the threaded spindle being surrounded by a spindle nut. The threaded spindle and the spindle nut may be part of a helical gearing, and the coupling rod is movable along a longitudinal axis by way of the helical gearing. The coupling rod is movably mounted in the steering gear housing along the longitudinal axis by way of a pressure piece having two bearing elements arranged on opposite sides of the coupling rod in a circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis.

    Steering column for a motor vehicle and method for adjusting a steering column

    公开(公告)号:US12030550B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US18012354

    申请日:2021-06-25

    IPC分类号: B62D1/185 B62D1/181 B62D1/19

    CPC分类号: B62D1/185 B62D1/181 B62D1/197

    摘要: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include an inner casing in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis that extends in a longitudinal direction and is received in an outer casing in a slidingly adjustable manner in the longitudinal direction. A pretensioning apparatus may have a pressure piece that can be braced from an outside in a tensioning direction transversely to the longitudinal axis against the inner casing. The pressure piece is held in the longitudinal direction on the outer casing and is supported against a fixing element counter to the tensioning direction. The fixing element is fixed in a recess of the outer casing. The fixing element has a forming means that is plastically furrowed into the recess, and/or the recess has a forming means that is plastically furrowed into the fixing element.

    Clamping apparatus for a steering column and steering column for a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12030549B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17297548

    申请日:2019-12-02

    IPC分类号: B62D1/184 B62D1/16 B62D1/189

    CPC分类号: B62D1/184 B62D1/166 B62D1/189

    摘要: A clamping apparatus may include a stroke-generating disk that is rotatable about a clamping axis and is connected via a first stroke-generating gearing and a second stroke-generating gearing to a pressure disk, which is stationary relative to the rotation of the stroke-generating disk. The first stroke-generating gearing converts a relative rotation of the stroke-generating disk in a first actuating angle range in the clamping direction into a first axial stroke relative to the pressure disk. The second stroke-generating gearing converts a further rotation of the stroke-generating disk following the first actuating angle range in a second actuating angle range into a second axial stroke between the stroke-generating disk and the pressure disk. At least one of the stroke-generating gearings is a tilting pin gearing, with at least one tilting pin supported in the direction of its pin axis between corresponding bearing points on the stroke-generating disk and the pressure disk.