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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Heritianarisoa Rakouth, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joachim J. Klesing, Rochester, MI (US);
Pierre C. Longuemare, Paris, FR;
Qi Peng, Redford Charter Township, MI (US);
Steve J. Collier-Hallman, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Farhad Bolourchi, Novi, MI (US);
John F. Schulz, Saginaw, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steer by wire steering system includes a steering wheel selectively coupled to a steering shaft, the steering wheel and steering shaft axially movable between a deployed position and a retracted position; an advanced driver assist system configured to steer the steerable wheels of a vehicle that is in communication with the steering wheel and steering shaft, the ADAS configured to selectively control the steering of the steerable wheels in an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode; and a steering system controller in communication with the ADAS, the steering system controller programmed to, while the steering wheel is in the retracted position, move the steering wheel to the deployed position and operatively couple the steering wheel to the steering shaft, in response to a vehicle operator request to deactivate a portion of the ADAS and transition from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.