Method for improving the steering feel in the case of a recirculating ball steering system

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for compensating a stick-slip effect in the case of a recirculating ball steering system () having a steering housing (), in which a steering piston () is supported between a first working chamber () and a second working chamber (), wherein the steering piston () has a toothed region () on the steering-piston outer wall of the steering position, with which toothed region teeth () of a segment shaft () mesh, the steering piston () can be moved along a longitudinal axis X-X, the working chambers () are connected to a control valve () by means of pressure-medium lines in order to provide steering assistance, the control valve () is connected to a processor unit (), by means of which valves of the control valve () can be actuated, and the processor unit () is connected to a sensor (), which determines rotation of the steering column both in a first direction of rotation and in a second, opposite direction of rotation. When a rotational motion of the steering column in a first direction occurs and thereafter the rotational motion in said direction nearly or completely stops, the valves of the control valve () are opened by the processor unit () in such a way that the pressure in the working chamber () of the steering piston () facing away from the direction of motion of the steering piston () is reduced and immediately thereafter the pressure in the same working chamber () is increased again.