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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Zf Lenksysteme Gmbh, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
Inventor:
Alexander Gaedke, Mutlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH, Gmuend, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 1/02 (2006.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/12 (2013.01); B62D 1/02 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04774 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating device for steering a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, and a method for steering the vehicle by way of the operating device. The operating device comprises a control stick, in particular for operation by a human hand. The control stick has at least one degree of freedom. A steering angle can be specified by way of the control stick. The operating device comprises a control element. The specifiable steering angle can be determined as a function of a state of the control stick and as a function of a state of the control element.