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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jens Christiansen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60R 16/027 (2006.01); B62D 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/003 (2013.01); B62D 5/0457 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B60R 16/027 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0005 (2013.01); B62D 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to determine that a steering wheel is one of engaged and disengaged with a steering based on a detected deflection of a steering torsion bar. The memory stores instructions to actuate the steering based on the determination.