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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joe L. Buchwitz, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
John Wesley Stanley, Belleville, MI (US);
Mark Riches, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/488 (2006.01); G01P 3/481 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/488 (2013.01); G01P 3/481 (2013.01); B60T 8/329 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3032 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example apparatus are disclosed for a wheel-speed tone ring apparatus. An example apparatus includes an axle of a vehicle, and a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth distributed about a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface to be sensed by a wheel speed sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.