Patent ID: 6186267
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A method for operating a steering system for a motor vehicle including a steering drive train having at least one steerable wheel, one actuator, and one auxiliary drive, and wherein the steering wheel is operable by a driver of the vehicle and by mechanically configured offset devices, the offset devices having a rotatable input shaft and output shaft, the input and output shafts having central axes that are angularly offset with respect to each other, said method comprising:initiating a steering motion with the steering wheel;initiating an actuator motion with the actuator;superimposing the steering motion and actuator motion with the said auxiliary drive to generate a steering motion of the steerable wheel by computing a control signal as a function of the angular offset and the rotational motion of the input shaft; andcontrolling the actuator to initiate the motion as a function of the compiled control signal.