Patents by Inventor Peter Hambloch

Peter Hambloch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240124057
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle and with a steering device, the steering device having a manual steering handle, a steering sensor system and a feedback actuator, and with a wheel positioning device, the wheel positioning device having a positioning actuator for steering at least one wheel, and with at least one control device, the control device electrically connecting the steering device and the wheel positioning device to one another, and with at least one acceleration sensor, the feedback actuator and the acceleration data acquired by the acceleration sensor being used to provide haptic feedback at the steering handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Rene Michels, Thomas Schubert
  • Publication number: 20230399048
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle is described, with a driver-operable control element for steering angle input, an actuating mechanism for setting a wheel setting angle, and with a control unit which is configured, on the basis of a steering angle of the control element and a vehicle speed, to output a map for the setpoint of a position of the actuating mechanism. A defined maximum steering angle is assigned to a maximum wheel setting angle. A method is also described for producing a map for the setpoint of a position of the actuating mechanism in a steer-by-wire steering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20230382449
    Abstract: In a method for producing a haptic feedback force by setting a manual torque at a steering intention input device of a steering system of a motor vehicle, a first and a second rack force value are obtained from two different models. The rack force values originating from the two models are processed to form a quotient, which determines a feedback force value, by the second rack force value being modified by the quotient, and the feedback force value is transferred to a steering reference torque generator of the steering system, which sets the manual torque at the steering intention input device in dependence on the feedback force value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Bergmann, Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz
  • Publication number: 20230174138
    Abstract: A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle has a bearing housing and a steering shaft which is mounted in the bearing housing, and an adjusting apparatus, by which the steering shaft can be adjusted. The adjusting apparatus has a drive with a drive element, a motor with a drive shaft, and a first flexible guide element which runs in a tensioned manner in a first tensioning direction between two first tensioning points. Here, furthermore, the drive element is wrapped around at least once without play by the first guide element and is coupled to it in a torque-transmitting manner such that the drive moves along the first guide element in or counter to the first tensioning direction when the drive shaft rotates in or counter to a rotational direction. Furthermore, a motor vehicle with a steering column assembly of this type is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Hambloch
  • Publication number: 20230109469
    Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanically assisted steering system of a motor vehicle is described. The steering system has a steering arrangement and at least one electromechanical actuator. The at least one electromechanical actuator is coupled to the steering arrangement in a torque-transmitting manner. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a steering rack force signal that comprises information about a steering rack force acting on a steering rack of the steering system; acquiring a driver torque signal that comprises information about a driver torque exerted on the steering arrangement by the driver; ascertaining a filtered scaled steering rack force signal; and ascertaining a steering feedback torque for the at least one electromechanical actuator, based on the scaled steering rack force signal. A control device for an electromechanically assisted steering system of a motor vehicle, an electromechanically assisted steering system, and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Philipp Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20220371658
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering damping requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator which is configured to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering damping requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system, wherein the steering damping requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering torque with which the steering device can be acted upon by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20220371656
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering hysteresis requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator. The actuator is set up to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering hysteresis requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system. The steering hysteresis requirement forms at least a component of a target steering torque which can be applied to the steering device by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20220371659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering return moment requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, to a steering system, to a computer program product, and to a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle, and is coupled to at least one actuator. The actuator is configured to apply a steering moment to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering return moment requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system. The steering return moment requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering moment which can be applied to the steering device by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Patent number: 10103678
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor of a drive device of a power steering system, in which a temperature sensor senses the temperature of the drive device and transmits information about the temperature of the drive device to an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit estimates the temperature of a gearbox based on the temperature of the drive device, and, based on the estimated temperature of the gearbox, the evaluation unit adjusts a requested torque of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: TRW Limited, TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, James Owen Patrick Farrelly
  • Publication number: 20170163203
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor of a drive device of a power steering system, in which a temperature sensor senses the temperature of the drive device and transmits information about the temperature of the drive device to an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit estimates the temperature of a gearbox based on the temperature of the drive device, and, based on the estimated temperature of the gearbox, the evaluation unit adjusts a requested torque of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: TRW Limited, TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, James Owen Patrick Farrelly