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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Applicant:
Adriano Zanfei, Madrano, IT;
Inventor:
Adriano Zanfei, Madrano, IT;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering actuator () designed as a linear electro-mechanical actuator for a ship control system which comprises an electric motor (), a controller () connected, via a CAN bus, to the electronic control unit of the ship control system (ECU) and an angle sensor () actively connected to the controller () for determining the angular position of the rudder (). The electric motor () is designed as a vector-controlled brushless motor.