Torque overload protection
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorsRaja RAMAKRISHNAN, Jyothis JOSEPH, Awab ALI, Tomy SEBASTIAN
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Abstract
A torque overload protection method is provided. The torque overload protection being executed by a controller of a steering assembly and includes: obtaining a steering angle and a torque command being applied to a steering assembly; generating a torque adjustment command based on a steering angle overload torque repository of the controller, the torque command, and the steering angle; and using the torque adjustment command to provide overload protection for the steering assembly while the steering angle and the torque command are being applied to the steering assembly.
Claims20
A method configured to be executed by a controller of a steering assembly, the method comprising:
- obtaining a steering angle and a torque command being applied to a steering assembly;
- generating a torque adjustment command based on a steering angle overload torque repository of the controller, the torque command, and the steering angle;
- and
- using the torque adjustment command to provide overload protection for the steering assembly while the steering angle and the torque command are being applied to the steering assembly.
A steering assembly comprising:
- a steering wheel assembly for steering road wheels of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a controller that is configured to:
- obtaining a steering angle and a torque command being applied to the steering assembly;
- generating a torque adjustment command based on a steering angle overload torque repository of the controller, the torque command, and the steering angle;
- and
- using the torque adjustment command to provide overload protection for the steering assembly while the steering angle and the torque command are being applied to the steering assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.