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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag, Eschen, LI;
Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;
Gergely Horvath, Fülöpszállás, HU;
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, Eschen, LI;
THYSSENKRUPP AG, Essen, DE;
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a vehicle occupant protection device of a steer-by-wire steering system. The system includes a steering wheel and an adjustable steering column connected to the steering wheel which can be adjusted between a retracted position and a deployed position via an adjustment mechanism. The steer-by-wire steering system has a feedback actuator to which a driver's request for a steering angle can be applied by a driver via the steering wheel, and which outputs a feedback signal to the steering wheel in response to the driver's request and a driving state of the motor vehicle. The method includes detecting an accident, detecting a hands-off situation or a hands-on situation, and when a hands-off situation has been detected, moving the steering column into an accident position by means of the adjustment mechanism, and triggering a steering wheel airbag during or after the adjustment process.