Steering wheel with hands-off recognition for motor vehicles

The steering control (1) has an arrangement for detecting contact between at least one hand of the vehicle driver and the steering control (free hand detection). The free hand detection is carried out using at least one electrically conducting metal body that is arranged in the steering control. The...

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Main Authors KUHN, MATTHIAS, HOFFMANN, OLIVER, NELL, JOACHIM, SCHIRLING, ANDREAS, NETZ, ACHIM, RIETH, PETER, LINKENBACH, STEFFEN, BOEHM, JUERGEN, STAUDER, PETER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 25.02.2009
Subjects
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:The steering control (1) has an arrangement for detecting contact between at least one hand of the vehicle driver and the steering control (free hand detection). The free hand detection is carried out using at least one electrically conducting metal body that is arranged in the steering control. The steering control has a capacitive free hand detection arrangement. Independent claims are also included for the following: (a) a steer-by-wire system for a motor vehicle (b) and a steering arrangement for a motor vehicle with active steering moment application. Bei einem Lenkrad für Kraftfahrzeuge sind piezoelektrische Mittel zur Erkennung eines Kontakts zwischen mindestens einer Hand des Fahrzeugführers und der Lenkhandhabe (Freihanderkennung) in Form eines druckresistiven Kabels (10) vorgesehen.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080168079