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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Brian N. Siskoy, Berkley, MI (US);
Scott R. Kloess, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Hossam Almasri, Troy, MI (US);
Silviu A. Popescu, Ajax, CA;
Ibrahim A. Badiru, Novi, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle and a steering system of a vehicle. The steering system includes a steering column emulator that generates an electrical driving signal in response to a driver input, a steering rack assembly that receives the electrical driving signal from the steering column emulator and controls steering of the vehicle as indicated by the received signal, and a backup system. The backup system provides a backup electrical driving signal to the steering rack assembly upon a failure of the steering column emulator, and the steering rack assembly steers the vehicle as indicated by the backup electrical driving signal upon the failure of the steering column emulator.