Tactile feedback from motor vehicle controls, uses computer to control current in coils set in magnetic field to generate mechanical force on the control to simulate actual tactile feedback from the control

摘要

The feedback generator operates on a lever, pedal or steering wheel operated by the driver. An actuator (A1,A2) is controlled by a computer to exert a force on the control to simulate mechanical feedback. The actuator is made from a stack of flat coils placed between flat magnets generating a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the coils.