Patent ID: 6678594
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
A steer-by-wire control system, comprising:a master control system; a road wheel system electrically connected to said master control system including a road wheel position sensor to produce and transmit a road wheel position and a rack force sensor to produce and transmit a rack force signal; a hand wheel system electrically connected to said master control system and said road wheel system including a hand wheel position sensor to produce and transmit a hand wheel position signal and a torque sensor to produce and transmit a hand wheel torque signal; a vehicle speed sensor for producing a vehicle speed signal, said vehicle speed sensor electrically connected to at least one of; said master control system, said hand wheel system, and said road wheel system; a hand wheel actuator configured to receive commands from said hand wheel system; a road wheel actuator configured to receive commands from said road wheel system; wherein said hand wheel system includes a configurable control topology; and wherein said road wheel system includes a configurable control topology.