| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7581617 |
Method for triggering a coupling unit |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method for triggering an electromechanical coupling unit having at least two coupling windings, and a steering system for implementing the method, are provided. The coupling unit selectively closes, and in this manner provides a mechanical coupling, only if both coupling windings are n |
| 7461311 |
Device and method for creating a signature |
December 2, 2008 |
| A device and a method for forming a signature, a predefined number of shift registers being provided, to which input data to be tested is applied bit-by-bit and in parallel as successive data words and which serially shift the input data forward in a predefinable cycle, a signature b |
| 7232006 |
Clutch for steer-by-wire steering system |
June 19, 2007 |
| A steer-by-wire steering system has a steering wheel actuator and a braking device that acts on the steering column. The braking device is activated when the vehicle steering wheel is to be blocked or at least sharply braked, such as when the steering stop is reached or a wheel goes |
| 7155351 |
Method for verifying the calculator core of a microprocessor or a microcontroller |
December 26, 2006 |
| A method for checking a microprocessor for correct operation, the microprocessor having a plurality of gates, each having a plurality of transistors, in which during the intended running of a computer program on the microprocessor a self-test is cyclically executed, and as part of th |
| 7140465 |
Coupling for a steer-by-wire steering system |
November 28, 2006 |
| A steer-by-wire steering system is proposed, having a steering wheel actuator and a braking device that acts on the steering column (3). The braking device is activated when the vehicle steering wheel is to be blocked or at least sharply braked, such as when the steering stop is reac |
| 6871127 |
Method for controlling a steer-by-wire system |
March 22, 2005 |
| A device for controlling a steer-by-wire steering system in a vehicle, in which redundantly generated sensor signals for regulating a steering motor and for a feedback actuator that transfers the restoring torques from the road to the driver via the steering wheel are received by a contr |
| 6820220 |
Control unit for controlling safety-critical applications |
November 16, 2004 |
| A control unit, for controlling safety-critical applications, includes a microcomputer, a monitoring unit (check unit), and peripheral circuits (input/output), and in which, to improve the reliability of the error detection for such control units, and to expand the detection to addit |
| 6640923 |
Method for steering a vehicle using a power-assisted steering system |
November 4, 2003 |
| A method for steering a vehicle and a steering system are provided, in which a variable torque support of the driver's steering wish and intervention in the position of the steered wheels triggered by a driving dynamics regulator are implementable without mutually interfering with one |
| 6382344 |
Steering system for a vehicle |
May 7, 2002 |
| A steering system for a vehicle, having a steering wheel, a steering gear and a steering module, disposed between them, for superimposed steering engagement by a controlled electric motor. The electric motor has an input shaft connected to the steering wheel and an output shaft connected |
| 6370471 |
Automatic following guidance system for motor vehicles |
April 9, 2002 |
| The invention concerns a system for automatic following guidance, particularly for heavy-traffic automatic following guidance, of a motor vehicle (1), designed to ease the burden on the driver in heavy-traffic situations both by taking over lateral guidance by means of an automatic s |
| 6219604 |
Steer-by-wire steering system for motorized vehicles |
April 17, 2001 |
| A steer-by-wire steering system comprised of an electronically regulated steering positioner mounted to the steering gear of the front axle or to both front wheels of a vehicle together with an electronic steering regulator and a feedback actuator. A sensor senses the driver's selected |
| 6035421 |
System for testing a computer built into a control device |
March 7, 2000 |
| A system for testing a computer built into a control unit. A power supply unit is provided for the voltage supply for the control unit and the computer. In addition, the test result can be indicated by a device and/or means may be provided for shutting down the system regulated and/or |
