Eddy current based rotary damper for steer-by-wire feedback actuator
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMartin Robert Kopiniok, Alexander Ein Waldt
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Abstract
An eddy current brake for a steer-by-wire steering system of a vehicle that includes a steering wheel may include magnets and a magnet carrier. The eddy current brake may be connected in a force-transmitting manner to an axle to which the steering wheel is connected, and to the steering wheel, in a force-transmitting manner.
Claims13
A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- and
- an eddy current brake connected in a force-transmitting manner to the steering wheel;
- wherein a plurality of magnets are arranged along a periphery of a magnet carrier of the steer-by-wire steering system with alternatingly changing polarity for each adjacent one of the magnets;
- wherein a plurality of metal disks and a plurality of magnet carriers are provided in a row one behind the other.
A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- and
- an eddy current brake connected in a force-transmitting manner to the steering wheel;
- wherein a plurality of magnets are arranged along a periphery of a magnet carrier of the steer-by-wire steering system with alternatingly changing polarity for each adjacent one of the magnets;
- wherein at least two metal disks are provided in front of and behind the magnet carrier, respectively.
An eddy current brake for a steer-by-wire steering system of a vehicle that includes a steering wheel, the eddy current brake comprising magnets and a magnet carrier,
- wherein the eddy current brake is connected in a force-transmitting manner to an axle to which the steering wheel is connected, and to the steering wheel, in a force-transmitting manner;
- wherein the magnets are arranged along a periphery of the magnet carrier with alternatingly changing polarity for each adjacent one of the magnets;
- wherein a plurality of metal disks and a plurality of magnet carriers are provided in a row one behind the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.