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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2024
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Yongxing Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Jiangliu Su, Shanghai, CN;
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
An electronically controlled steering method and a steering system for a vehicle. The method includes: receiving steering parameters, including steering input torque, a steering input angle, vehicle speed, lateral acceleration of the vehicle and actual piston positions of pistons of respective hydraulic wheel cylinders; determining a target steering radius for the vehicle and target piston positions of the pistons of the respective hydraulic wheel cylinders based on the steering parameters; and controlling, based on the determined target piston positions, the hydraulic control system to change hydraulic pressures in the respective hydraulic wheel cylinders to change positions of the pistons thereof, so as to drive, through the piston rods, the steering knuckles connected therewith to deflect the corresponding steering vehicle wheels for steering.