Vehicle Steering System With Moving Center Of Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing steering systems for multi-directional transport vehicles face challenges in providing intuitive and precise control during directional changes, especially when switching between steering programs, requiring significant practice and resulting in abrupt directional changes that are difficult for operators to manage.
Innovation Solution
A steering system that allows the vehicle to rotate about a center of rotation moving with a principal movement vector, enabling the direction of this center to be changed using a steering setpoint generator, and an operating element to control the vehicle's path during travel, providing new steering options and intuitive control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple steering programs are used to provide variable steering options, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring significant practice
Solution Approach 1:
The steering system integrates multiple steering programs (all-wheel steering, diagonal steering, front/rear axle steering, carousel mode, parking mode) into a single unified system that can automatically select and switch between programs based on operational conditions, eliminating the need for operators to manually manage multiple separate steering systems and reducing the practice required to master them
2Adaptability or versatility
If steering programs are switched during travel to improve maneuverability, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to abrupt directional changes that are difficult to control
Solution Approach 1:
The steering system dynamically adjusts steering angles and program transitions in real-time based on vehicle motion state and operational requirements, ensuring smooth directional changes during travel by continuously optimizing the steering geometry and preventing abrupt transitions that would be difficult for operators to control
3Adaptability or versatility
If three steering setpoint generators are provided to enable continuous displacement of steering line and principal direction, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring significant practice
Solution Approach 1:
The steering system combines multiple steering control functions into an integrated control architecture where the steering setpoint generator coordinates all steering operations through a unified control logic, merging the functions of controlling steering line displacement and principal direction adjustment into a single coordinated system that reduces operational complexity while maintaining full adaptability
Data Source
AI summary
A steering system for a vehicle includes at least two wheels configured to be steered independently of each another. A steering setpoint generator is configured to steer the at least two wheels according to a steering program. An operating element is configured to rotate the vehicle during travel about a center of rotation which moves with a principal movement vector. The steering program is configured so that a direction of the principal movement vector of the center of rotation can be changed with the steering setpoint generator.