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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Lodewijk Wijffels, Aachen, DE;
Anja Damman, Waldfeucht, DE;
Oliver Nehls, Aachen, DE;
Sergio Codonesu, Heerlen, NL;
Lodewijk Wijffels, Aachen, DE;
Anja Damman, Waldfeucht, DE;
Oliver Nehls, Aachen, DE;
Sergio Codonesu, Heerlen, NL;
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for electrically controlled assistance to a vehicle. In order to stabilize a vehicle in the event of oversteering, the invention provides that a nominal yaw damping torque is determined and is multiplied by an oversteer signal such that an additional torque is produced which is added, via an actuator in an electrically assisted power steering system, to its nominal torque, and is introduced into a vehicle steering system.