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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag, Eschen, LI;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Péter Kakas, Budapest, HU;
Imre Szepessy, Mauren, LI;
Hayato Miyakawa, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Nakahara, Wako, JP;
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, Eschen, LI;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system of a road vehicle including a feedback actuator, a road wheel actuator, and a controller configured or programmed to control the feedback actuator and the road wheel actuator, and the method includes, upon external request to the controller, providing a garage mode of the steer-by-wire system, switching off the feedback actuator, depending on the external request, moving to a predetermined position or moving from a first end position to a second end position of the road wheel actuator or fixing a position of the road wheel actuator at a last position or a center position, and, after the garage mode is terminated, returning the road wheel actuator to an original position before the garage mode was entered into and switching on the feedback actuator.