Patent ID: 6176341
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A steering system for steering a vehicle comprisinga road wheel;an actuator for actuating said road wheel of said vehicle:a position sensor for sensing angular position of said road wheel;a hand-operated steering wheel for controlling directivity of said road wheel;a steering wheel sensor for sensing position of said steering wheel;a steering wheel actuator for actuating said hand-operated steering wheel; anda controller for receiving said sensed steering wheel position and said sensed road wheel position and calculating a control signal as a function of the difference between said road wheel position and said steering wheel position, said controller commanding the road wheel actuator to provide controlled steering of the road wheel in response to said control signal, said controller further commanding the steering wheel actuator to provide force feedback actuation to the hand-operated steering wheel in response to said control signal.