System and method for steering torque compensation during braking event
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJens Dornhege, Martin Saeger, Frank Peter Engels
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Abstract
A system and method for steering torque compensation carried out in a controller of a vehicle that detects a braking event from a comparison of actual vehicle information with a corresponding threshold value, determines a steering torque compensation signal, generates a request to implement the steering torque compensation signal, and implements the steering torque compensation signal during the braking event.
Claims23
A method for steering torque compensation carried out in a controller of a vehicle having a steering system, comprising:
- detecting a braking event from actual vehicle information;
- determining an actual steering torque signal;
- determining a torque compensation signal representative of a difference between the actual steering torque signal and a target steering torque signal;
- generating a request to implement the torque compensation signal;
- and
- implementing the torque compensation signal during the braking event.
A system fur steering torque compensation in a vehicle, comprising:
- a steering control unit providing an actual steering torque signal;
- a braking device providing a signal representative of a braking event;
- and
- instructions, carried out in a signal processing device, to determine an actual braking event, determine a steering torque compensation signal that is a function of the actual steering torque signal, and implement the steering torque compensation signal during the braking event.
A control system for a vehicle steering control unit comprising;
- a controller;
- a braking event signal representative of a vehicle braking event;
- an actual steering torque signal representative of an actual vehicle steering torque;
- a target steering torque signal;
- a steering torque compensation signal derived from a difference between the actual vehicle steering torque signal and the target steering torque signal;
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- instructions carried out by the controller to implement the steering torque compensation signal during the braking event.
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