Patent ID: 11878746
Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle comprising:
a steering wheel actuator (12) for moving and detecting movements of a steering wheel (16) of the vehicle, which has a steering wheel electric motor (20) connected to the steering wheel (16) of the vehicle,
an axle actuator (14) for moving and detecting movements of wheels of an axle of the vehicle, which comprises an axle electric motor (32) and an axle control unit (30) and which is connected to the axle of the vehicle, and
an equivalent circuit (36) comprised of a logic circuit to measure a current (U, V, W) induced by the steering wheel electric motor (20) and to provide the axle control unit (30) with at least one measurement value depending on the induced current (U, V, W) for controlling the axle electric motor (32).