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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Reidar Fleck, Dachau, DE;
Tilo Meister, Munich, DE;
Michael Glanzer, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An auxiliary power assisted steering system of a motor vehicle is provided. When a power limit for the system supplying the auxiliary power assist (or a limit for the specified steering angle) is exceeded, at least when considered over time, the gear ratio between the steering angle selected by the driver and the travel of the tie rod pivot point is adjusted to be more indirect in comparison with the preselected gear ratio. The superimposing unit may superimpose an additional steering angle acting in the opposite direction on the driver's steering angle, so that the displacement speed of the tie rod pivot point is reduced or the travel of the tie rod pivot point may be readjusted to the steering angle selected by the driver with a time delay.