Patent ID: 9255631
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B64C,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for switching from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode for actuation of the control component in a vehicle, wherein for transmission of a control force is performed using a transmission device comprising a first force transmission point, a second force transmission point, and a coupling unit disposed between the first and the second force transmission points, wherein the coupling unit has a first side element, a second side element, and a connecting element, wherein the first and the second side elements are each rotatably connected at one end to the first force transmission point and are each connected at a respective other end to the connecting element at a respective first or second connection point, wherein the first and the second connection points are spaced apart from one another on the connecting element, wherein at least the first side element has an element configured to alter a length of the first side element between the first force transmission point and the first connection point, and wherein the second force transmission point is provided on the connecting element and is adjustable at least between a first and a second position, wherein the second force transmission point in the first position is disposed in the region of the first connection point and in the second position is disposed in the region of the second connection point, the method comprising: a) arranging the second force transmission point in a normal setting, in which an alteration in length effected by at least one actuator can be transmitted to the second force transmission point; b) generating a control force by a control force generating device and transmission of the control force in a first mode, wherein the second force transmission point is disposed in the normal setting, and wherein the control force is generated by at least an actuator in the first side element; c) displacing a connecting element in such a way that the second force transmission point is disposed in a redundancy setting, in which, in event of malfunction of an actuator in one of the first or second side elements, the control force is transmittable by the other one of the first or second side elements to the second force transmission point; and d) generating a control force by a control force generating device and transmission of the control force in a second mode, wherein the second force transmission point is disposed in the redundancy setting.