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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Dearborn, MI (US);
Domenic Miccinilli, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jens Christiansen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/28 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/286 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A manual steering torque input is measured. A manual steering mode of a vehicle is actuated when the manual steering torque input is below a first torque threshold and above a second torque threshold for longer than a time threshold that is based on a vehicle speed.