Device and method for measuring torque in an electromechanical steering system
First Claim
1. A device for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system, comprising a steering device that is connected drive-wise to a steering mechanism via a torsion bar to an input and an output shaft part, and an electrical servomotor to drive the steering mechanism, whereby the servomotor drive brings about a relative rotation shift between the input shaft part and the output shaft part, wherein an electromechanical steering system includes a sensor unit for obtaining the steering angle and a sensor unit for obtaining the rotor angle of the servomotor and takes the form of a virtual torque sensor as well as allows the virtual torque sensor to calculate the steering moment from the steering angle and the rotor angle.
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Abstract
A device and a method for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system comprises a steering means that is connected in a driving manner to a steering mechanism via a torsion rod which is provided with an input shaft part (101) and an output shaft part (102), an electric servomotor for driving the steering mechanism, the driving activity by the servomotor causing a relative rotational displacement between the input shaft part (101) and the output shaft part (102), a sensor unit (53) for detecting a steering angle (d), a sensor unit (52) for detecting a rotor angle of the servomotor (2), and a virtual torque sensor (54) in which a steering moment (τδ) is determined from the steering angle (d) and the rotor angle.
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- 1. A device for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system, comprising a steering device that is connected drive-wise to a steering mechanism via a torsion bar to an input and an output shaft part, and an electrical servomotor to drive the steering mechanism, whereby the servomotor drive brings about a relative rotation shift between the input shaft part and the output shaft part, wherein an electromechanical steering system includes a sensor unit for obtaining the steering angle and a sensor unit for obtaining the rotor angle of the servomotor and takes the form of a virtual torque sensor as well as allows the virtual torque sensor to calculate the steering moment from the steering angle and the rotor angle.
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6. A method for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system comprising a steering device that is connected drive-wise to the steering mechanism via a torsion bar to an input and an output shaft part, and an electrical servomotor to drive the steering mechanism, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a relative rotation shift between the input shaft part and the output shaft part by the servomotor drive, obtaining the steering angle and the rotor angle of the servomotor each by a respective sensor unit included in an electromechanical steering system, and determining a steering moment from the steering angle and the rotor angle within a virtual torque sensor formed within the electromechanical steering system. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A device for measuring torque for an electromechanical steering system, comprising a steering device that is connected drive-wise to a steering mechanism via a torsion bar to an input and an output shaft part, and an electrical servomotor to drive the steering mechanism, whereby the servomotor drive brings about a relative rotation shift between the input shaft part and the output shaft part, wherein an electromechanical steering system includes a sensor unit for obtaining the steering angle and a sensor unit for obtaining the rotor angle of the servomotor and takes the form of a virtual torque sensor as well as allows the virtual torque sensor to calculate the steering moment from the steering angle and the rotor angle, wherein the sensor unit for obtaining the rotor angle is formed by an optical or magnetostrictive encoder and the sensor unit for obtaining the steering angle is integrated into the steering device.
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