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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Mayer, Gaimersheim, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/006 (2013.01); B62D 15/00 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering system of a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a steerable wheel mechanically decoupled from the steering wheel, a steering actuator for setting a rotational position of the steering wheel, a wheel steering drive for steering of the steerable wheel, and a controller for controlling the wheel steering drive and the steering wheel actuator. When the ignition is switched off, the steering wheel is moved with the steering wheel actuator automatically into a neutral position that is independent of a wheel angle of the steerable wheel.