Patent ID: 6085860
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
Method for operating a steering system for a motor vehicle having a braking system, brake lights, at least one steerable wheel, one steering actuator, and one auxiliary drive, the auxiliary drive superimposing the steering motion initiated by a driver of the vehicle and the motion initiated by the steering actuator to generate the steering motion of the steerable wheel, said method comprising:detecting a yaw parameter representing the yawing motion of the vehicle;detecting a braking parameter representing the condition of the vehicle, wherein the detected braking parameter is detected as a function of an actuation of the vehicle braking system;determining the existence of a running condition as a function of the detected braking parameter;generating a control signal only when said predetermined running condition prevails and said braking parameter is present, wherein said control signal is generated as a function of the detected yaw parameter; andcontrolling the steering actuator with the generated control signal to initiate an actuator motion.