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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven R. El Aile, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Darrel Alan Recker, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John P. Joyce, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicle steering can be synchronized by first, turning the steering rack from lock-to-lock to determine a steering rack midpoint, second, turning the steering wheel from lock-to-lock to determine a steering wheel midpoint, third, synchronizing the steering rack with the steering wheel based on the steering rack midpoint and the steering wheel midpoint, and fourth, piloting a vehicle based on the synchronized steering rack and steering wheel; wherein the steering rack is mechanically decoupled from a steering wheel of the vehicle before turning the steering rack from lock-to-lock and before turning the steering wheel from lock-to-lock.