4040results about "Steering linkages" patented technology

An electric power assisted steering assembly comprises a steering mechanism which operatively connects a steering wheel to the roadwheels of a vehicle, a torque sensing means adapted to produce a first output signal indicative of the torque carried by a portion of the steering mechanism, a means for producing a second output signal indicative from a signal indicative of the angular velocity of the portion of the steering mechanism, an electric motor operatively connected to the steering mechanism, a signal processing unit adapted to receive the two output signals and to produce therefrom an overall torque demand signal representative of a torque to be applied to the steering mechanism by the motor, and a motor drive stage adapted to provide a drive current to the motor responsive to the torque demand signal. The overall torque demand signal includes a damping component that is dependent upon the second output signal. The means for producing the yaw damping component includes a filter having one pole and one zero, and in use the second signal is passed through the filter to produce the damping component, the frequency of the pole and zero being selected such that the filter provides a band between the pole and zero within which the phase of the filtered second signal and the velocity signal are further out of phase or in phase than within the band.

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile electric control, in particular to a new energy automobile electric control steering control method and system, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining and preprocessing a four-wheel vibration data sequence, carrying out the segmentation and consistency evaluation of the vibration data sequence of each wheel, and selecting a current data sequence in an optimal segment to calculate a road condition influence coefficient. And matching the current data sequence with the historical vibration data sequence, calculating the similarity to determine the influence weight, adjusting the influence coefficient in combination with the steering angle change rate of the historical vibration data sequence, inputting the adjusted pavement condition influence coefficient into the ECU, dynamically adjusting the steering auxiliary torque, and realizing accurate steering control. According to the method, the optimal segment is selected through segment processing and consistency evaluation to accurately reflect the current road condition, the steering auxiliary torque is dynamically adjusted in combination with historical vibration data sequence matching and the steering angle change rate, and the driving safety and comfort are improved.

The invention relates to a chassis structure of a vehicle based on corner modules and a control system, the chassis structure of the vehicle comprises the corner modules corresponding to four wheels of the vehicle respectively, in each corner module, a wheel side motor driving assembly is used for directly driving the wheel corresponding to the corner module, and the wheel side motor driving assembly is used for directly driving the wheel corresponding to the corner module. The 90-degree two-way steering execution system is used for driving wheels corresponding to the angle module to realize positive and negative 90-degree steering; the wheel side motor driving assembly and the 90-degree bidirectional steering execution system are separately arranged; the suspension and supporting structure is used for keeping geometric stability of the suspension when the wheels corresponding to the angle modules steer and buffering road impact. The electronic mechanical braking unit is used for achieving braking of wheels corresponding to the angle modules. In this way, synchronous control over steering, driving, vibration reduction and braking of the vehicle in different running modes can be achieved through cooperative work of the angle modules in the wheels of the vehicle, and a vehicle chassis has higher flexibility and more scene adaptability in the running process of the vehicle.

A system for collaborative steering in steer-by-wire (SBW) vehicles includes sensors, a rack motor altering a position of the vehicle's steerable road wheels and an emulator altering a torque and position of a vehicle hand wheel. A collaborative steering system application (CSSA) obtains, static and dynamic information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment, and generates a rack torque and / or angle command to the rack motor and an emulator torque and / or angle command to the emulator. The CSSA adjusts between ADAS and manual steering ratios and automatically transitions control between ADAS SBW control and manual control. The CSSA smooths transitions between ADAS SBW control and manual steering control and adjusts hand wheel stiffness by altering the emulator torque command, and causes the rack motor and emulator to operate according to a kinematic model while adapting road wheel response and vehicle operator steering feel based on scenarios and features currently enabled.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of automobile chassis, and provides an angle module system and a modular extensible chassis, and the angle module system adopts an unequal-length double-wishbone suspension and has good geometric kinematics characteristics. And the offset distance of the main pin is reasonably controlled through the design of steering knuckle parts. By adopting the angle module bracket, the efficient integration of the driving unit and the frame structure is realized, the number of connecting points of the angle module system and the chassis is reduced, and the serialization, integration and modularization of the chassis system are facilitated. A distributed main pin steering gear is adopted, and the geometrical shape design of upper and lower control arms of the suspension is matched, so that wheels have a larger turning angle range, and the maneuverability is improved. In addition, the modular extensible chassis adopts modular design, and the number of shafts can be flexibly configured according to carrying requirements.

A steer by wire includes a steering wheel holding system. An emulator controller receives vehicle data from vehicle systems and determines whether a vehicle is in one of a driving mode and a non-driving mode. When the vehicle is in the driving mode, the emulator controller transmits a command to an emulator switching system to electrically couple the phases of an emulator motor to a power source to enable the emulator motor to implement steer by wire operations placing the steering wheel in an un-hold mode. When the vehicle is in the non-driving mode, the emulator controller transmits a command to the emulator switching system to electrically couple the phases of the emulator motor to ground to short the phases of the emulator motor to ground to generate a resistive torque to resist rotational movement of a steering wheel of the vehicle placing the steering wheel in a hold mode.

The invention discloses a four-wheel drive lifting type agricultural universal chassis with an adjustable wheel tread. The four-wheel drive lifting type agricultural universal chassis comprises a frame and four groups of leg-wheel assemblies, the vehicle leg-wheel assembly comprises a vehicle leg assembly, the vehicle leg assembly comprises a vehicle leg support and a wheel assembly, and a lifting adjusting mechanism is arranged between the vehicle leg support and a wheel; the vehicle leg support is in running fit with the vehicle frame through a fixed shaft, wheel track adjusting driving mechanisms are arranged on the vehicle frame in one-to-one correspondence with the vehicle leg assemblies, and the wheel track adjusting driving mechanisms are used for adjusting the wheel track between the wheel assemblies; the lifting adjusting mechanism comprises an electric cylinder and a sliding square tube guide structure, the sliding square tube guide structure comprises an outer square tube fixedly connected to the vehicle leg support and an inner square tube capable of sliding in the outer square tube, one end of the electric cylinder is connected with the vehicle leg support, and the other end of the electric cylinder is connected with a welding plate integrally welded with the inner square tube; a steering execution mechanism is arranged in the inner square tube; the wheel assembly comprises a wheel support and wheels installed on the wheel support, and hub motors are integrated in the wheels to achieve four-wheel independent driving.

A vehicle steering assist device includes a steering assist ECU. The steering assist ECU calculates a target steering angle for driving the vehicle along the road, and a target steering guide torque that guides the driver's steering so that the actual steering angle becomes the target steering angle. The steering assist ECU controls the torque applying device so that the steering guide torque becomes the target steering guide torque. The steering assist ECU acquires at least one of information on the driving environment of the vehicle and information on the state of the driver, and calculates an index value indicating the necessity of the steering guide torque based on at least one of the pieces of information. The steering assist ECU corrects the target steering guide torque based on the index value so that the higher the need for the steering guide torque, the larger the target steering guide torque.

A system for mapping road segment free spaces for use in autonomous vehicle navigation. The system includes at least one processor programmed to: receive from a first vehicle one or more location identifiers associated with a lateral region of free space adjacent to a road segment; update an autonomous vehicle road navigation model for the road segment to include a mapped representation of the lateral region of free space based on the received one or more location identifiers; and distribute the updated autonomous vehicle road navigation model to a plurality of autonomous vehicles.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of vehicle control, and particularly relates to a steering angle module and a vehicle. The steering angle module comprises a bogie, a steering motor, a wheel side system and a multi-connecting-rod structure. The bogie is arranged in the Z direction; the steering motor is arranged at the top end of the bogie and can be connected with a vehicle body. The wheel side system is arranged on one side of the bogie in the Y direction. The multi-link structure is connected to the bogie and the wheel side system. The steering motor can drive the bogie to drive the wheel side system and the multi-connecting-rod structure to rotate around the axis of the steering motor together. In the process that the steering motor drives the bogie to rotate, the bogie can drive the multi-connecting-rod structure, then the wheel side system is driven to rotate together, and steering is achieved. Therefore, the reliability in the steering process is ensured through the multi-connecting-rod structure, and the steering angle module has good operation stability.

To provide a controller for rotary electric machine and an electric power steering apparatus which can set a control gain which is used for controlling the d-axis current command value based on the q-axis current deviation between the current command value of q-axis and the current detection value of q-axis, considering the response of the current of q-axis. A controller for rotary electric machine changes the current command value of d-axis, based on a value obtained by multiplying a proportional gain to a q-axis current deviation which is a deviation between the current command value of q-axis and the current detection value of q-axis; and changes the proportional gain in inverse proportion to the rotational angle speed.

The present invention relates to a reconfigurable steering feel design method and control system for steer-by-wire. The method includes: constructing a steering feel feedback model, the steering feel feedback model including an alignment torque module based on rack force observation, an assist torque module, a friction compensation torque module, a damping compensation torque module, an inertia compensation torque module, and a soft stop limiting torque module, and adding outputs of all modules to obtain a total expected steering feel motor torque; inputting signals of a steering wheel angle, speed and torque, an observed rack force and a vehicle speed into the designed steering feel feedback model to obtain the total expected steering feel motor torque, transmitting it to a steering feel motor, and outputting this steering feel feedback torque to a steering wheel through the steering feel motor; each module in the designed steering feel feedback model being provided with adjustable parameters. Compared with the existing technologies, the present invention incorporates the characteristics of reconfigurability, and can adapt to different steering wheel hardware characteristics and steering feel requirements by adjusting relevant parameters.

A driving assistance device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a recognition unit that recognizes the surrounding situation of a vehicle; a driving control unit that executes lane keep control for controlling at least steering of the vehicle such that the vehicle travels within a predetermined lane, on the basis of the recognition results of the recognition unit; and a reception unit that receives a vehicle lane change intention through an operation by an occupant of the vehicle. The driving control unit stops the lane keep control when the reception unit receives the lane change intention during the execution of the lane keep control, and restarts the lane keep control at a timing earlier than completion of the lane change.

A commercial vehicle having various GVWR configurations with a vehicle body with two or more axles, and a cab that does not pivot relative to the vehicle body, and a battery-electric-powered or hydrogen-electric-powered propulsion system. The vehicle has a center of gravity that is substantially lower, and a track width which is substantially narrower, than an articulating tractor-trailer combination with a trailer size comparable to the vehicle body of the present invention, providing substantially increased stability, and with all axles preferably being steerable E-axles, substantially improving the turning and trailing of the vehicle. Additional attributes are improved safety, increased payload weight and cubic capacity, higher productivity and lower maintenance costs. Many other advantages flow from this vehicle design.

The invention relates to a wheel side speed reduction driving integrated assembly coupling kingpin steering and steering trapezoid, and relates to the technical field of automobile wheel side driving suspension assembly angle modules. A wheel-side speed reduction driving integrated assembly coupling kingpin steering and a steering trapezoid comprises a driving motor, a wheel-side speed reducer and a steering knuckle, the upper end and the lower end of the steering knuckle are rotationally connected with an upper control arm and a lower control arm respectively, and the upper end of the steering knuckle is connected with a kingpin steering mechanism. The upper control arm is connected to the kingpin steering mechanism, the kingpin steering mechanism drives the steering knuckle to rotate around the axis of a kingpin, a vertical connecting rod is connected to the upper portion of the lower control arm, the upper end of the vertical connecting rod extends in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle to form a proportional connecting rod, and a spring shock absorber is hinged to the end of the proportional connecting rod. And the middle part of the proportional connecting rod is connected with the vehicle body. The large-angle steering device has the advantages that space layout optimization is achieved, motion interference among all components is avoided, and the large-angle steering effect can be achieved.

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent driving, and discloses a steering control method, a readable medium, electronic equipment and a program product. The method comprises the steps that a steering control device of the vehicle detects a vehicle steering request meeting a steering condition, and in response to the vehicle steering request, the steering control device applies a first braking torque to an inner side rear wheel of the vehicle by controlling a brake of the vehicle, the first braking torque is associated with the friction degree of the current road surface to the vehicle. And, the steering control apparatus applies a target driving torque to the front wheels on both sides through a driver of the vehicle to control the vehicle to travel, where the target driving torque is related to a slip rate of the front wheels on both sides. Thus, the steering control method can be applied to vehicles of any driving mode, such as two-wheel-drive vehicles (including front-wheel-drive vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles) or four-wheel-drive vehicles, and the types of the vehicles using the turning assisting function are expanded.

The application discloses a knuckle, which comprises a ring topology structure, a disc body and a front axle, the ring topology structure and the front axle are connected to the two sides of the disc body respectively, two pin holes are arranged on the ring topology structure and are located on the same axis, and the curved surface surrounded by the outer end of the ring topology structure is a saddle-shaped hyperboloid, and the two pin holes are arranged at the convex position of the saddle-shaped hyperboloid. The application further discloses a design method of the knuckle. The knuckle obtained by the application has a reasonable structure, and can avoid the problems of crack expansion and overall failure of components caused by the fracture of the root of the vertical rib on the knuckle in the prior art.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle chassis control, and discloses a vehicle wheel edge steering angle control method, a vehicle and a controller. The method is applied to a wheel side steering control system and comprises the steps that in a preset communication period, a steering controller receives an angle request generated by at least one of an intelligent driving controller and a steering mechanism; the steering controller confirms a target angle request in the received angle requests based on a preset rule, and generates a corresponding wheel edge angle control instruction and / or a steering wheel control instruction according to the target angle request; the wheel edge angle control instruction is distributed to the at least two wheel edge steering controllers; and the wheel edge steering controller performs steering control on the wheels connected with the wheel edge steering controller based on the received wheel edge angle control instruction. According to the method, independent control over the steering angle of each wheel edge is achieved, and the flexibility requirement and high-response control over vehicle chassis control are improved.

The utility model provides a mining dump truck steering mechanism which comprises a front axle steering assembly and a hydraulic system and further comprises a rear wheel steering assembly arranged on a rear axle, the rear wheel steering assembly comprises a rear steering knuckle and a rear steering driving mechanism, and the rear steering driving mechanism is hinged to the rear steering knuckle. The two ends of the rear axle are connected with the rear knuckle through a steering fork, and a transmission universal shaft in power connection with the rear axle driving shaft and the rear brake drum is arranged in the middle of the steering fork. The rear steering driving mechanism serves as a power source for steering of the rear wheels, the transmission universal shaft penetrating through one end of the steering fork and connected with the rear axle driving shaft through the spline is arranged in the middle of the steering fork, connected with the rear brake drum, of the rear axle, and the steering function is added while transmission is achieved. The rear steering driving mechanism is hinged to the rear steering knuckle, so that steering of the rear wheels is achieved instead of rotation of the rear axle, abrasion of the rear wheels during steering can be greatly reduced, and the service life of tires is prolonged.

A steering assistance control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a detection unit and a correction unit. The detection unit is configured to detect a road surface cant of a road on which the vehicle is traveling. The correction unit is configured to correct steering target torque in a steering control system, on the basis of a steering characteristic value for each of left steering and right steering and the road surface cant detected by the detection unit. The steering characteristic value indicates a steering characteristic for each combination of a traveling speed and the road surface cant.

The invention discloses an active steering and braking integrated control system based on roll angle feedback, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle dynamics control. In order to solve the problems of slow control response and multi-actuator action conflict of the vehicle under the limit working condition, the method quantifies the comprehensive instability risk of the whole vehicle by constructing a dynamic virtual potential field. The potential field is based on key state variables such as a roll angle and a side slip angle, and the topological structure (namely the weight of each variable) of the potential field is remodeled in real time by a dynamic risk factor reflecting the intention urgency degree of a driver and the environmental danger level. The system evaluates the instantaneous control efficiency by calculating the contribution degree of each actuator to the reduction of the potential field gradient in a distributed manner. According to the method, the complex control problem is converted into the process of finding the minimum potential energy point, prospective suppression of the instability trend and conflict-free efficient cooperation between the actuators are achieved, and the limit stability and safety of the vehicle are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a transverse fixed axle assembly capable of achieving Ackerman steering through mechanical linkage, and belongs to the technical field of engineering vehicle chassis. A rear axle is transversely and rigidly fixed to a frame through a shear-resistant box girder structure, and a front axle is connected to the frame through two springs; the rotating pair structures are symmetrically arranged at the two ends of the axle main body and comprise embedded heavy-duty bearings; one end of the steering knuckle arm is hinged to the axle main body through a rotating pair structure, and the other end is connected with the steering pull rod; one end, far away from the rotating pair structure, of the steering pull rod is connected with the steering oil cylinder; the steering pull rod of the front axle and the steering pull rod of the rear axle are crossed and hinged in an X shape, so that intersection points of axes of the front and rear wheels converge at an instantaneous steering center during steering. Abrasion and slipping of tires can be reduced, steering precision is ensured through a pure mechanical structure, the failure risk of an electric control system is avoided, and the system is suitable for heavy equipment such as mining trucks and port cranes.

A steering reaction force control device, a steering reaction force control method, and a steering reaction force control system according to the present invention determine an amount of torque of a steering reaction force imparted by the reaction force actuator and a direction of torque for returning the steering operation input member to a neutral position from a physical quantity related to a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a physical quantity related to the operation information of the steering operation input member, and output a control signal based on the amount of torque and the direction of torque to the reaction force actuator. As a result, it is possible to prevent the hunting of the operating position of the steering operation input member when the steering operation input member is retained in a given steering position.

The invention provides a vehicle steering wheel and road wheel steering synchronous self-adaptive control method and system, and relates to the technical field of vehicle control. Comprising the following steps: calculating a first steering torque by adopting a feedforward control mode based on an obtained rotating angle and rotating speed of a vehicle steering wheel; performing steering control on the road wheels according to the first steering torque to obtain actual steering angle data of the road wheels; second steering torque is calculated through a PID control closed loop based on the angle deviation between the rotation angle of the vehicle steering wheel and the actual rotation angle of the road wheel; and carrying out dynamic weighting calculation on the first steering torque and the second steering torque to obtain a synthetic motor torque, and carrying out steering control on the vehicle according to the synthetic motor torque. The steering angle of the steering wheel and the steering angle of the road wheel are controlled to achieve rapid, accurate and stable synchronous steering, and the driving safety and comfort are greatly improved.

The utility model relates to the technical field of racing cars, in particular to a front suspension system for a cross-country racing car, which comprises a front cleat, a front axle and a front wheel core fixed on the front axle, the front wheel core comprises a cylindrical body and a flange plate located at the end of the body. The front cleat comprises a front cleat shaft, and the body is rotationally installed in the middle of the front cleat shaft. The flange plate is fixedly connected with a hub of the wheel; a brake disc is fixed on the flange plate; front wheel brake calipers matched with the brake disc are fixedly installed on the front cleat. The front cleat is installed on the front side portion of the racing car frame through the upper double-fork-arm suspension and the lower double-fork-arm suspension. The front cleat is further provided with a front connecting part used for being hinged to a racing car steering pull rod. The front suspension system for the cross-country racing car is good in stability and flexible in steering, facilitates improvement of racing results of the racing car, has the advantages of being simple and compact in structure, high in control sensitivity and the like, and better meets the requirement for light-weight design of the car under the condition that the braking performance is met.

A vehicle control method, a vehicle control apparatus (100), a vehicle control system (200), and a computer-readable storage medium (300). The vehicle control method in the embodiments of the present application comprises: acquiring the current yaw rate and the current sideslip angle; acquiring a target yaw rate and a target sideslip angle; and, on the basis of the current yaw rate, the current sideslip angle, the target yaw rate and the target sideslip angle, individually controlling a plurality of front wheels and / or a plurality of rear wheels of a vehicle.

The invention provides a reinforcement learning steering control method and system based on a safety barrier, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the field of automatic driving safety control. The method comprises the following steps: sensing current states of each participating object and a vehicle in an environment; respectively performing state estimation and future moment position prediction on the participating objects and the vehicle by applying Kalman filtering to obtain relative position probability distribution of each participating object and the vehicle in a plurality of steps in the future; calculating the collision probability of the vehicle and each participating object, and determining the overall collision risk according to the probability; the total collision risk is compared with a preset collision safety barrier threshold value, when the total collision risk is larger than the collision safety barrier threshold value, a safety barrier is triggered, candidate wheel turning angles are projected into an action set meeting safety constraints based on minimum change projection, and the projected wheel turning angles are issued and executed; if not, triggering is not conducted, and a reinforcement learning decision maker is adopted to output candidate wheel rotation angles and issue for execution.

A traction and steering control system and method for a small- or zero-radius-turning maintenance vehicle. The traction and steering control system may determine operator intended speed and direction by monitoring positions of speed and directional control members and one or more operational parameters of the vehicle. The vehicle may then generate drive wheel speed commands that achieve the intended speed and direction by determining how best to manipulate the left and right drive wheels. In some instances, the drive wheel speed commands are disproportionately related to the positions of the speed and directional control members.