Patent ID: 6323763
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
Steering system for motor vehicles, comprising:a steering handle arranged to be operated by a vehicle driver;a steering actuating drive operatively arranged for steering adjustment of steerable vehicle wheels, with a steering-angle desired-value encoder operatively associated with the steering handle;a steering-angle actual-value encoder operatively associated with the steerable vehicle wheels;a regulating and control arrangement arranged to operate the steering actuating drive as a function of a comparison of desired and actual values of the steering angle; anda collision prevention apparatus, configured to determine steering angles defining a collision path between the motor vehicle and an obstacle,wherein the regulating and control arrangement is operatively arranged to hinder or prevent the setting of a desired steering angle coinciding with one of the collision steering angles and the steering system is operatively configured to effect a steer-by-wire operation.