US 11,993,306 B2
Steering system for a vehicle
Csaba Kokrehel, Budapest (HU); Huba Nemeth, Budapest (HU); Peter Szell, Budapest (HU); Tamas Rapp, Budapest (HU); and Kornel Straub, Pomaz (HU)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/276,989
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073516
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057970, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195301 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033002 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 15/0235 (2013.01) [B62D 5/001 (2013.01); B62D 15/0225 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering system for a vehicle, the steering system comprising:
a steering gear;
two knuckles of two steerable wheels;
a steering actuator;
a plurality of sensors; and
a processing unit;
wherein, the steering gear is connected to a first knuckle of the two knuckles and the steering gear is connected to a second knuckle of the two knuckles, and wherein the connection between the steering gear and two knuckles comprises an output shaft of the steering gear;
wherein, the steering gear is connected to the steering actuator, and wherein the connection between the steering gear and steering actuator comprises a torque transmitting unit or input shaft;
wherein, the plurality of sensors are mounted at locations associated with the steering gear;
wherein, each of the plurality of sensors is configured to acquire steering system position information;
wherein, each of the plurality of sensors are configured to provide the acquired steering system information to the processing unit;
wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure a steering position on at least one of the two knuckles and/or associated connection rod;
wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure a steering position on the output shaft; and
wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure a steering position on the torque transmitting unit or input shaft.