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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Falk Hecker, Markgroeningen, DE;
Jens-Hauke Mueller, Velbert-Neviges, DE;
Peter Heimbrock, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Juergen Steinberger, Groebenzell, DE;
KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle having a hybrid steering system, including: identifying a malfunction during an autonomous driving procedure, wherein the hybrid steering system includes a hydraulic steering assistance system, an electromechanical steering assistance system and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the autonomous driving procedure of the vehicle, and switching the steering task by the control unit to a steering braking procedure, by which the vehicle is steered by braking at least one wheel, wherein due to the braking force that is acting on the scrub radius, a steering torque is produced that causes the wheels to turn. Also described is a related a servo-assisted steering assembly.