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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Elmar Dilger, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Peter Ahner, Boeblingen, DE;
Herbert Lohner, Friolzheim, DE;
Peter Dominke, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Chi-Thuan Cao, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Ngoc-Thach Nguyen, Grossbottwar, DE;
Helmut Janetzke, Hemmingen, DE;
Thorsten Allgeier, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Grossbottwar, DE;
Bo Yuan, Ditzingen, DE;
Bernd Muller, Leonberg, DE;
Klaus Ries-Mueller, Bad Rappenau, DE;
Werner Harter, Illingen, DE;
Thomas Sauer, Stuttgart, DE;
Werner Hess, Stuttgart, DE;
Peter Blessing, Heilbronn, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A steer-by-wire steering system comprised of an electronically regulated steering positioner mounted to the steering gear of the front axle or to both front wheels of a vehicle together with an electronic steering regulator and a feedback actuator. A sensor senses the driver's selected direction from the steering wheel. Road feedback can be relayed to the driver through a feedback actuator via the steering wheel. The loss of road feel caused by the absence of the steering column, which normally strongly influences the driver's directional wish, is recreated by the feedback actuator.