Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

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Steven Adam Hermann

Gregory Michael Pietron

Yuji Fujii

Joseph F Kucharski

Nimrod Kapas

Diana Yanakiev

Joseph M Raad

Roberto Teran, Jr

Christopher Gregory Garbacz

Douglas Scott Rhode

Jeffrey Edward Maurer

Norman Jerry Bird

Laurence Andrew Deutsch

George N Villec

John Allen Oliver

Jon Roland Watson

Russell Lee Norton

A wheel end disconnect assembly includes a housing, a shift ring, a shift fork and an actuator. The shift ring is supported for axial translation relative to the housing between a connected position in which the shift ring couples an input member to a wheel hub for rotation therewith and a disconnected position in which the input member and the wheel hub are rotatable relative to each other. The shift fork includes a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and an input portion extending from a junction of the first and second arm portions. The shift fork is pivotably coupled to the housing at the junction of the first and second arm portions. The actuator is configured to move the input portion to pivot the first and second arm portions such that the first and second arm portions translate the shift ring between the connected and disconnected positions.

Wheel end disconnect assembly and vehicle having a wheel end disconnect assembly

A transmission includes sensors positioned adjacent respective pairs of magnetized bands on a shaft of the transmission for detecting magnetic flux emanating from the bands in response to torque on the shaft. The transmission further includes an electronics interface assembly configured to respectively provide drive signals to the sensors and to receive from the sensors, in response to the drive signals, output signals indicative of the torque on the shaft as detected by the sensors.

Transmissions with torque and/or speed sensor arrangements

Designs to package a magneto-elastic torque sensor in an automotive transmission, such as front wheel drive (FWD) automatic transmissions, for volume production applications are provided.

Magnetic torque sensor packaging for automatic transmissions

Transmissions with electronics interface assembly for torque sensor

A method is provided for generating a vehicle lateral acceleration signal for use in an active tilt control system in a vehicle having a sprung mass center of gravity. A single lateral accelerometer is mounted at the sprung mass center of gravity of the vehicle to generate a first lateral acceleration signal (a,). A second lateral acceleration signal (a,) is generated representative of a vehicle lateral acceleration at a point spaced from the sprung mass center of gravity based upon the first lateral acceleration signal for use in the active tilt control system.

Method of generating a vehicle lateral acceleration signal for use in an active tilt control system

A method of controlling a vehicle active tilt control system is provided for increasing the operating efficiency and improving operator/passenger comfort associated with the operation of a motor vehicle having an active tilt control system. The tilt control system includes a stabilizer bar adjustable by a hydraulic actuator which is movable in first and second opposing directions for adjusting vehicle body roll resistance provided by the stabilizer bar, and having a pressure control valve for controlling hydraulic pressure to the actuators. The method includes the following steps: a) obtaining a lateral acceleration magnitude signal; b) comparing the lateral acceleration magnitude signal to a first lateral acceleration threshold; c) enabling the active tilt control system for the vehicle when the lateral acceleration magnitude signal exceeds the first lateral acceleration threshold; d) disabling the active tilt control system for the vehicle when the lateral acceleration magnitude signal is less than the first lateral acceleration threshold; e) comparing the lateral acceleration magnitude signal to a third lateral acceleration threshold; and f) resetting the active tilt control system for the vehicle when the lateral acceleration magnitude signal is less than the third lateral acceleration threshold continuously for at least a predetermined period of time.

Method of controlling a vehicle active tilt control system

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Fenton, MI, United States of America

Steven Adam Hermann