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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attila Benak, North-Rhine Westphalia, DE;
Lodewijk Wijffels, Canton, MI (US);
Sergio Codonesu, Aachen, DE;
Oliver Nehls, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;
Jeremy Alan Rawlings, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting steering misalignments in an adaptive steering system of a motor vehicle, wherein the adaptive steering system has a steering wheel angle sensor for detecting a value representative of a steering wheel angle, an adaptive angle unit for detecting a value representative of an adaptive angle, and a wheel angle detection unit for detecting a value representative of a wheel angle. The method including detecting a value representative of the steering wheel angle, detecting a value representative of the adaptive angle, detecting or determining a value representative of the wheel angle, and computing a comparison value.