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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Torsten Wey, Moers, DE;
Joerg Hamel, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Frank Peter Engels, Solingen, DE;
Jens Domhege, Pulheim, DE;
Torsten Wey, Moers, DE;
Joerg Hamel, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Frank Peter Engels, Solingen, DE;
Jens Domhege, Pulheim, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle steering system having a plurality of subsystems that generate steering requests for the steering system comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of steering requests at an electronic control unit, receiving a plurality of vehicle parameter signals at the electronic control unit, the vehicle parameter signals being representative of a driving situation for each subsystem in the plurality of subsystems, setting an order of priority for application of the steering requests by the electronic control unit as a function of the driving situation for each subsystem, and controlling the application of the steering requests to the vehicle steering system in the set order of priority and within a predetermined overall torque limit.