Patent ID: 11884346
Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises several wheels, wherein two of the several wheels are arranged on a steerable axle of the motor vehicle and are respectively driven by individual wheel drives; wherein at least one of the several wheels is arranged on a non-steerable axle of the motor vehicle and is driven by an individual wheel drive; and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
detecting a malfunction of one of the individual wheel drives of the wheels that are arranged on the steerable axle of the motor vehicle, wherein another of the individual wheel drives of the wheels arranged on the steerable axle of the motor vehicle is still fully functional;
in response to the detected malfunction, generating a drive torque or a braking torque with the functional individual wheel drive of the wheel that is arranged on the steerable axle of the motor vehicle in order to steer the wheels arranged on the steerable axle in a predetermined direction; and
in response to the detected malfunction, generating a drive torque or a braking torque with the wheel drive of the wheel that is arranged on the non-steerable axle of the motor vehicle in order to at least partially effect a predetermined longitudinal movement of the motor vehicle.