IP Library Granted Patent US 8,788,147
Granted Patent B2
US 8,788,147 · App. 13/317,281 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Method for determining a toothed rack force for a steering device in a vehicle

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Patent No.
US 8,788,147
App. No.
13/317,281
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining a toothed rack force on a steering device in a vehicle, wherein the toothed rack force (forZS) is determined as a function of a plurality of models, and wherein a component (forESM) of the toothed rack force (forZS) which relates to a driving process is generated by means of a first model, and a component of the toothed rack force (forZS) which relates to a parking process is generated by means of a second model.

Claims (7)

1. A method for determining a toothed rack force representing force conditions at a front axle of a vehicle having a power steering system that includes a steering device and a control unit, the method comprising:

receiving at the control unit operating variables of the vehicle; and

determining by the control unit the toothed rack force (forZS) as a function of a plurality of models, wherein a component (forESM) of the toothed rack force (forZS) which relates to a driving process is generated by means of a first model, and a component of the toothed rack force (forZS) which relates to a parking process is generated by means of a second model; and

using the determined toothed rack force by the control unit in connection with a power steering system operation of the vehicle; and

wherein an adaptation is carried out as a function of at least one lateral force (fyADA), at least for the component (forESM) relating to a driving process; and

wherein the lateral force (fyADA) is found as a function of a modeled lateral force (fyMDL) that is found by means of a single-track model, an actual lateral force (fyFZG), and a slip angle (angSID).

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the actual lateral force (fyFZG) is determined by the control unit using the transverse vehicle acceleration (accLAT), the yaw velocity (anvYAW) and/or a yaw acceleration.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2015
From: ZF LENKSYSTEME GMBH
To: ROBERT BOSCH AUTOMOTIVE STEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 035749/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2011
From: STRECKER, JOERG; WERNER, THOMAS
To: ZF LENKSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 027153/0946 →