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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 11/00 (2006.01); B62D 12/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/20 (2006.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for limiting assisting steering torque in a steering system having electronic power assisted steering is provided. In accordance with the method and apparatus, a steering angle change desired by the driver is determined and a range of valid steering angle changes dependent upon the steering angle change desired by the driver are defined. Subsequently it is determined whether a current steering angle change is included in the range of valid steering angle changes, and if the current steering angle change is not included in the range of the valid steering angle changes, the assisting steering torque is limited.