The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Klinger, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/001 (2013.01); B62D 5/005 (2013.01); B62D 5/0433 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering system for a vehicle, including an input shaft, via which a steering force can be input by a steering element, an output shaft acting on a steering actuating mechanism, a coupling for connecting and disconnecting the input shaft and the output shaft with and from each other, respectively, and at least one actuator, by which the coupling can be actuated to couple and uncouple the input shaft and the output shaft with and from each other, wherein in the uncoupled state, the output shaft is independently rotatable relative to the input shaft in such a manner that a steer-by-wire drive controllable by a control unit is provided.