Steering system
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorJuergen Bohn
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Abstract
A steering system for a vehicle including at least one pair of wheel units which can be actuated and deflected independently of each other. Each wheel unit is paired with at least one sensor device for detecting a deviation from a specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other, and each wheel unit is paired with at least one actuation device in order to actuate the wheel units. At least one control unit is designed to actuate the actuation devices of the wheel units when the sensor devices detect a specified deviation of the specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other.
Claims15
A steering system for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one pair of wheel units configured to be actuated and deflected independently of each other;
- each wheel unit being paired with a respective at least one sensor device for detecting a deviation from a specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other;
- at least one wheel unit being paired with at least one actuation device for actuating the wheel unit;
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- at least one control unit configured to actuate the at least one actuation device when the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit detect a specified deviation of the specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other;
- wherein at least one flexible connecting means is provided between the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit to deliver a measured variable that can be detected by the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit when the deflection of the wheel units relative to each other exceeds a specified deviation.
A vehicle, comprising at least one steering system, the steering system including:
- at least one pair of wheel units configured to be actuated and deflected independently of each other;
- each wheel unit being paired with a respective at least one sensor device for detecting a deviation from a specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other;
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- at least one wheel unit being paired with at least one actuation device for actuating the wheel unit;
- at least one control unit configured to actuate the at least one actuation device when the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit detect a specified deviation of the specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other;
- wherein at least one flexible connecting means is provided between the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit to deliver a measured variable that can be detected by the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit when the deflection of the wheel units relative to each other exceeds a specified deviation.
A method of use of a steering system for a vehicle comprising:
- providing a steering system having:
- at least one pair of wheel units that can be actuated and deflected independently of each other;
- each wheel unit being paired with a respective at least one sensor device for detecting a deviation from a specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other;
- and
- at least one of the wheel units being paired with at least one actuation device for actuating the at least one wheel unit;
- at least one control unit configured to actuate the at least one actuation device when the sensor devices detect a specified deviation of the specified deflection of the at least one wheel unit relative to the other;
- at least one flexible connecting means between the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit to deliver a measured variable that can be detected by the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit when the deflection of the wheel units relative to each other exceeds a specified deviation;
- detecting a deviation from a specified deflection of the wheel units relative to each other with the respective at least one sensor device paired with each wheel unit based on the measured variable delivered by the at least one connecting means;
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- actuating the at least one actuation device in response to detecting the deviation to deflect at least one of the wheel units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.