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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Frank Peter Engels, Solingen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); B62D 5/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power steering system including a sensor arranged or located in the steering system. The sensor detects an acoustic vibration or an acceleration signal in the steering system during a change in the steering angle and generates a sensor signal representing the vibration or the acceleration signal. A control unit receives the sensor signal and compares the sensor signal with a threshold value to detect a fault state; for example when the sensor signal is larger than the threshold value.