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US 10,752,241 · App. 15/768,897 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Method and device for influencing a steering element of a single-track motor vehicle independently of the rider

Inventor: Alfred Kuttenberger (Weil der Stadt, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 10,752,241
App. No.
15/768,897
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes ascertaining that an emergency braking operation of a single-track motor vehicle is to be automatically executed driver independently, and based on the ascertainment, automatically and driver-independently influencing a steering element of the motor vehicle during the execution of the emergency braking operation.

Claims (19)

1. A method, comprising:

ascertaining, by a processor, that an automatic and emergency braking operation of a single-track motor vehicle which is to be rider-independently executed; and

automatically and rider-independently influencing, by the processor, based on the ascertaining, a steering element of the single-track motor vehicle during execution of the emergency braking operation;

wherein the rider-independent emergency braking operation is triggered depending on signals of a forward looking surroundings sensor system, which looks forward in a direction of travel, and

wherein the steering element includes an active steering damper, and the influencing causes the active steering damper to have a stronger attenuation of handlebar wobbles, and

wherein the active steering damper is reconfigurable by the surroundings sensor system, or wherein the steering element includes a steering actuator for a rider-independent adjustment of a steering angle, and the influencing provides that the single-track motor vehicle continues to travel in a straight line.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steering element includes the steering actuator for the rider-independent adjustment of the steering angle, and the influencing provides that the single-track motor vehicle continues to travel in the straight line.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the single-track motor vehicle includes a motorcycle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when it is determined whether an accident or a collision is imminent, an emergency braking operation is initiated and a steering element of the single-track motor vehicle is influenced independently of the rider, so as to keep the single-track motor vehicle under control during the emergency braking operation.

5. A system, comprising:

a processor of a single-track motor vehicle; and

a steering element of the single-track motor vehicle;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the following:

ascertaining that an automatic and emergency braking operation of a single-track motor vehicle which is to be rider-independently executed; and

automatically and rider-independently influencing, based on the ascertaining, a steering element of the single-track motor vehicle during execution of the emergency braking operation;

wherein the rider-independent emergency braking operation is triggered depending on signals of a forward looking surroundings sensor system, which looks forward in a direction of travel,

wherein the steering element includes an active steering damper, and the influencing causes the active steering damper to have a stronger attenuation of handlebar wobbles, and

wherein the active steering damper is reconfigurable by the surroundings sensor system, or wherein the steering element includes a steering actuator for a rider-independent adjustment of a steering angle, and the influencing provides that the single-track motor vehicle continues to travel in a straight line.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein when it is determined whether an accident or a collision is imminent, an emergency braking operation is initiated and a steering element of the single-track motor vehicle is influenced independently of the rider, so as to keep the single-track motor vehicle under control during the emergency braking operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2018
From: KUTTENBERGER, ALFRED
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 045754/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 220 901 · Oct 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190077396A1 · Mar 14, 2019