1258results about "Power driven steering" patented technology

Methods and apparatus to adjust a steering angle of a vehicle in a self-driving mode are described herein. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a steering controller including instructions and programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to access a path follower (PF) angle request, generate a virtual boost curve (VBC) angle request based on a torque input to a steering wheel, determine an angle blending weight based on the torque input and a speed of the vehicle, determine a final angle request based on the PF angle request, the VBC angle request, and the angle blending weight, and convert the final angle request to a torque request to be used to adjust a steering angle of the vehicle via a motor.

Systems and methods for balancing remote oil and gas equipment are disclosed. An example system may include analog sensors coupled to a piece of equipment and an analog switch with a plurality of analog sensor channels, wherein a first analog sensor channel comprises a trigger channel coupled to a first of the analog sensors, and wherein a second one of the analog sensor channels comprises an input channel coupled to a second sensors. The analog switch may digitally derive a relative phase between the trigger channel and the input channel, utilize a PLL band-pass tracking filter to determine at least one of slow-speed RPMs or phase information for the piece of equipment, and a response circuit that provides a process change command to remotely balance at least one component of the piece of equipment based on the RPMs or the phase information.

A system for data collection related to a fluid conveyance environment includes a data acquisition circuit comprising inputs and outputs; input sensors to provide sensor data values, coupled to a component in the fluid conveyance environment; and a processor comprising the data acquisition circuit. The processor is configured to determine a data storage profile; responsive to the data storage profile, configure the data acquisition circuit to selectively couple at least one of the inputs to at least one of the outputs; interpret the at least one of the sensor data values; store at least a portion of the at least one of the sensor data values in response to the data storage profile; analyze a set of the sensor data values and determine a data quality parameter; and adjust at least one of the data storage profile and a data collection routine in response to the data quality parameter.

A redundant electronic control system includes a control unit, a first output component, and a second output component. The control unit may generate a first execution signal and a second execution signal. The control unit controls the first output component to output the first execution signal to a first actuator, and controls the second output component to output the second execution signal to a second actuator. When the first output component fails, the control unit may control the second output component to output the first execution signal to the first actuator. When the second output component fails, the control unit may control the first output component to output the second execution signal to the second actuator.

A system for data collection related to a fluid conveyance environment includes a data acquisition circuit comprising inputs and outputs; input sensors to provide sensor data values, coupled to a component in the fluid conveyance environment; and a processor comprising the data acquisition circuit. The processor is configured to determine a data storage profile; responsive to the data storage profile, configure the data acquisition circuit to selectively couple at least one of the inputs to at least one of the outputs; interpret the at least one of the sensor data values; store at least a portion of the at least one of the sensor data values in response to the data storage profile; analyze a set of the sensor data values and determine a data quality parameter; and adjust at least one of the data storage profile and a data collection routine in response to the data quality parameter.

Disclosed is a corner module apparatus for a vehicle. The corner module includes a driving unit that provides drive power to a wheel of the vehicle, a braking unit that interferes with rotation of the wheel to generate braking power, and a suspension unit connected to the driving unit. The suspension unit absorbs shock transferred from a road surface. The corner module also includes a steering unit connected to the suspension unit and rotated about a steering axis inclined with respect to the wheel. The steering unit adjusts a steering angle of the wheel.

Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a refining environment are disclosed. An example system may include a swarm of mobile data collectors structured to interpret a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the refining environment, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of a plurality of refining system components disposed in the refining environment, and wherein the plurality of refining system components is structured to contribute, in part, to refining of a product. The self-organizing system organizes a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from the system components, and at least one of a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.

An electric power steering assembly comprises a housing with a cylindrical section, wherein an inner wall of the cylindrical section defines a first groove and a second groove extending in an axial direction, the first and second grooves having inwardly tapered walls. A ball screw is arranged in the housing, extending in the axial direction and defining a radially extending through-hole with a first and a second end. A ball nut is arranged in the housing and surrounds the ball screw and is configured to rotate with respect to the housing. A first anti-rotation pin is located in the first end of the through-hole, a second anti-rotation pin is located in the second end of the through-hole, and a spring is arranged between the anti-rotation pins.The spring is configured to pre-tension the first and second anti-rotation pins in a radially outward direction towards the first and second grooves, respectively.

The invention relates to an inductive torsion bar torque sensor (100), comprising at least a first and a second stator arrangement (10,10A) with each a receiving structure (11,11A) comprising a periodically repeated structure having a first and a second period, a first and a second rotor (20,20 A) rotatably arranged with respect to the first and second stator arrangements (10,10 A) forming two inductive position sensors (1,11A) for measuring an angle at each end of a torsion bar (5) and generate respective signals, at least one excitation or transmitter coil (40) and an oscillator circuit for generating a periodic alternating voltage and coupling it into the excitation coil(s) (40). The periodicity of the first receiving structure (11) is different from the periodicity of the second receiving structure (11A), the first and second receiving structures (11,11A) comprising a first and a second coil structure (101,101;102,102), the first rotatable rotor (20) serving the purpose of influencing the strength of an inductive coupling between the excitation coil(s) (40) and the first receiving structure (11), the second rotatable rotor (20A) serving the purpose of influencing the strength of an inductive coupling between the / an excitation coil(s) (40) and the second receiving 15 structure (11A). The signals generated by the first and second pair of receiving structures (11,11A) and rotors (20,20A) are orthogonal.

Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operationally coupled to at least one industrial component in at least one of an industrial boiler system or industrial pipeline system; a data storage structured to store a library of stored noise patterns associated with operation of the at least one industrial component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data; and a data analysis circuit structured to: analyze the collected data, determine a measured noise pattern for the at least one industrial component, and compare the measured noise pattern to the library of stored noise patterns to identify a changed condition of the at least one industrial component.

The present invention relates to an active ride height adjustment mechanism (2) for a vehicle, comprising a main support (5) for fastening the ride height adjustment mechanism (2) to a vehicle body, a height adjustment drive (6) for adjusting the ride height, a suspension arrangement (7), and a height adjustment lever (8) connected to the height adjustment drive (6) and the suspension arrangement (7). A first pivot connection (9) is provided between the height adjustment lever (8) and the suspension arrangement (7), and a second pivot connection (10) is provided between the height adjustment lever (8) and the height adjustment drive (6). The object of the invention is to provide a space-saving and less complex ride height adjustment mechanism.According to the invention, the pivot point of the height adjustment lever (8) is located at a third pivot joint (11) between the height adjustment lever (8) and the main support (5), wherein the third pivot joint (11) is arranged along the height adjustment lever (8) between the first pivot joint (9) and the second pivot joint (10). The invention also relates to a corner module (1) and a vehicle with such a ride height adjustment mechanism (2).

An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of tractive elements, a steering input device configured to steer the agricultural vehicle to perform a turn, and a steering control system configured to operate the steering input device. The chassis includes a first chassis portion and a second chassis portion pivotably coupled to the first chassis portion. The steering control system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain steering condition data corresponding to steering conditions of the steering input device, obtain partial curvature data corresponding to curvatures of the first chassis portion, determine, based on the partial curvature data, curvature data corresponding to curvatures of the agricultural vehicle, generate, based on the steering condition data and the curvature data, a primary curvature model that determines steering condition data given commanded curvature data, and operate the steering input device using (1) the primary curvature model and (2) a given command curvature.

Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a power generation environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the power generation system, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system. The system may also include a self-organizing system for self-organizing a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The self-organizing system may organize a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from a plurality of target systems.

A system includes an expert graphical user interface configured to: present a list of reliability measures of an industrial machine, facilitate a selection by a user of a reliability measure from the list of reliability measures, present a representation of a smart band data collection template associated with the reliability measure selected by the user, and a data routing and collection system configured to, in response to a user indication of acceptance of the smart band data collection template, collect data from a plurality of sensors in an industrial environment in response to a data value from one of the plurality of sensors being detected outside of an acceptable range of data values.

Methods and an expert system for processing a plurality of inputs collected from sensors in an industrial environment are disclosed. A modular neural network, where the expert system uses one type of neural network for recognizing a pattern relating to at least one of: the sensors, components of the industrial environment and a different neural network for self-organizing a data collection activity in the industrial environment is disclosed. A data communication network configured to communicate at least a portion of the plurality of inputs collected from the sensors to storage device is also disclosed.

The present application provides an asymmetric efficiency transmission mechanism, a motor assembly, a wire-controlled steering system and a vehicle, which are applied to the field of asymmetric efficiency transmission technology. The transmission mechanism has a first transmission path and a second transmission path connected in parallel, the first transmission path is configured to have a high forward transmission efficiency and includes a first drive-side shaft component and a first load-side shaft component; the second transmission path is configured to have a low reverse transmission efficiency and includes a second drive-side shaft component and a second load-side shaft component, wherein the first drive-side shaft component and the second drive-side shaft component are transmission-connected, the transmission mechanism can have both high forward transmission efficiency and low reverse transmission efficiency, and the reverse efficiency is flexibly adjustable, the motor assembly using the transmission mechanism has the advantages of stable power output and strong anti-interference ability, and improves the robustness of the motor, and the wire-controlled steering system and vehicle using the transmission mechanism have the advantages of sufficient steering force and soft road feedback.

A method for performing hysteresis shaping in a steer-by-wire (SbW) steering system of a vehicle includes determining a desired hysteresis associated with rotating a handwheel of the vehicle, determining, based on the desired hysteresis, whether to perform hysteresis subtraction or perform hysteresis addition, in response to a determination to perform hysteresis subtraction, calculating a hysteresis subtraction value, modifying an estimated rack load based on the hysteresis subtraction value, and generating a reference torque based on the estimated rack load as modified based on the hysteresis subtraction value, in response to a determination to perform hysteresis addition, calculating a hysteresis addition value and generating the reference torque based on hysteresis addition value, and controlling the handwheel based on the reference torque.

The invention relates to a planetary gear (10) for a planetary transmission (1), wherein a gear ring (12) of the planetary gear (10) has such elasticity that the gear ring (12) of the planetary gear (10) is designed to be radially spring-loaded simultaneously by a ring gear (14) and a sun gear (16), wherein the gear ring (12) of the planetary gear (10) is designed to form a double-flank contact with the ring gear (14) and the sun gear (16) in response to the radial spring-loading. The invention further relates to a steering gear for a steering system of a motor vehicle.

A steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a steering wheel and a housing. A pinion gear is located in the housing and is connected to the steering wheel via a shaft, so that the rotation of the steering wheel forces the pinion gear to rotate around an axis relative to the housing. The pinion gear has a recess. An elastic element is compressed in the recess between the pinion gear and the shaft. The elastic element exerts an axial force on the pinion gear, which dampens axial movements of the pinion gear relative to the housing.

A method for controlling handwheel torque in a steering system of a vehicle includes obtaining at least one of a reference yaw rate of the vehicle and a reference yaw acceleration of the vehicle, obtaining at least one of a yaw rate error and a yaw acceleration error based on the at least one of the reference yaw rate and the reference yaw acceleration, obtaining a handwheel torque modifier based on the at least one of the yaw rate error and the yaw acceleration error, adjusting a reference torque using the handwheel torque modifier, and controlling the handwheel torque using the reference torque as adjusted using the handwheel torque modifier.

A vehicle driving support device issues an alert to notify a driver of a vehicle in advance that the vehicle is approaching a road having a large curvature. The vehicle driving support device includes a forward information providing device that provides forward information that is information forward of the vehicle, acquires, from the forward information, a curvature of a point that is a first distance forward from the vehicle and a curvature of a point that is a second distance forward from the vehicle, as a near point curvature and a distant point curvature, respectively, the second distance being longer than the first distance, and the curvatures being curvatures of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and issues the alert when an alert condition is satisfied that the distant point curvature is larger than the near point curvature by a predetermined value or more.

A spindle drive for a vehicle steering gear, including a spindle having an external thread and a spindle nut having an internal thread being guided on the external thread. One of the spindle and spindle nut is rotatable and produces a corresponding translational movement of the other. The other of the spindle and spindle nut is guided via a plain bearing along the axis of rotation relative to a fixed structural part. The plain bearing is formed between sliding surfaces of a first and second bearing part, the first being provided on the other of the spindle and spindle nut and the second being provided on the fixed structural part. One of the first and second bearing parts is designed as an elevation, the other being designed as a recess. The recess surrounds the elevation on both sides in a rotational direction.

A device and a method for detecting an anomaly in a rear-wheel steering motor and a non-transient, computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for carrying out the method are disclosed. The device comprises a memory configured to store one or more instructions and a processor configured to execute one or more instructions.The processor executes one or more instructions to input data relating to the vehicle's rear-wheel steering into an artificial neural network model, to obtain estimated data relating to the vehicle's rear-wheel steering as output data from the artificial neural network model, to obtain measured data relating to the vehicle's rear-wheel steering from a sensor, to compare the estimated data and the measured data, and to detect the rear-wheel steering motor anomaly based on the result of comparing the estimated data and the measured data.

A driving assistance system includes: a first control unit configured to output an output amount related to a required amount; and a second control unit configured to calculate a difference amount between the output amount output and an actually measured amount of an actuator, and control the actuator based on the difference amount and a torque map, in which in assist control (second driving assistance control), the first control unit calculates a difference amount between a second required amount and the actually measured amount, acquires a division amount by dividing the difference amount by a predetermined value, and outputs a total amount of the division amount and the actually measured amount as the output amount, and the second control unit calculates a difference amount between the total amount and the actually measured amount, and controls the actuator based on the difference amount and a second torque map.

An electric crawler vehicle includes a pair of left and right traveling crawlers, a traveling electric motor that generates traveling power to be transmitted to the pair of left and right traveling crawlers, and a turning electric motor that generates turning power to be transmitted to the pair of left and right traveling crawlers. The traveling electric motor and the turning electric motor are disposed on one lateral side of the vehicle.

A method for detecting an early life failure of an electrical connection of a power harness of a steering system of a vehicle, the method comprising using a processor configured to execute instructions: obtaining a resistance measurement associated with an electrical power delivery system comprising the electrical connection; obtaining historical resistance data; obtaining at least one limit based on at least one of the historical resistance data and the functional limit; detecting an early life failure of the electrical connection based on a comparison between the resistance measurement and the at least one limit; in response to detecting the early life fault, at least one action is performed.

A multi-circuit protection valve assembly, comprises, is attached to or integrated into a main housing, and comprises an air inlet; main outlets; main supply lines; and main overflow valves for protecting the main outlets. The valve assembly further comprises an extension part having, attached to or integrated into an extension housing, an extension inlet; an extension outlet; an extension line; and an extension overflow valve for protecting the at least one extension outlet, wherein the extension housing is detachably fixed to the main housing such that the extension inlet is flow-connected to an auxiliary outlet in the main housing.The extension housing is detachably fixed to the main housing by a hollow screw having a cavity. Compressed air discharged through the auxiliary outlet can be conducted through the cavity inside the hollow screw to the extension overflow valve and the at least one extension outlet.

System and methods for learning data patterns predictive of an outcome are described. An example system may include a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to a controller; a data collection circuit structured to collect output data from the plurality of input sensors; and a machine learning data analysis circuit structured to receive the output data, learn received output data patterns indicative of an outcome, and learn a preferred input data collection band among a plurality of available input data collection bands. The machine learning data analysis circuit may be structured to learn received output data patterns by being seeded with a model based on industry-specific feedback. The outcome may be at least one of: a reaction rate, a production volume, or a required maintenance.

A driver of an automatic guided vehicle includes a crown gear (turning gear) fixed to a bottom of a vehicle body, a support shaft penetrating a center of the crown gear and extending vertically from the vehicle body, a frame supported by the support shaft to be rotatable on a horizontal plane, a wheel axle rotatably and horizontally provided on the frame, and a wheel connected to the wheel axle. A first motor and a second motor, which are drive sources, and a first planetary gear mechanism and a second planetary gear mechanism are provided at both ends in an axial direction of the wheel axle, respectively. Each carrier of the first and second planetary gear mechanisms is connected to the wheel axle, and each ring gear of the first and second planetary gear mechanisms meshes with the crown gear.

Systems and methods for monitoring a pump and a fan are disclosed. A monitoring system for a pump may include an industrial system including a pump, a data acquisition circuit to interpret a plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors operationally coupled to the pump and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit. A monitoring system may further include a signal evaluation circuit including a timer circuit to generate at least one timing signal and a phase detection circuit structured to determine a relative phase difference between at least one of the detection values and at least one of the timing signals from the timer circuit. A response circuit may perform at least one operation in response to the relative phase difference.