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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Edmund Scott Anderson, Canton, MI (US);
Russ Lee Norton, Brownstown Township, MI (US);
David John Rutkowski, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A suspension system includes a vehicle frame component, a suspension component coupled to and movable relative to the vehicle frame component, a flexible sensor, and a rotatable joint. The flexible sensor is elongated between a first end and a second end, and the first end of the flexible sensor is fixed relative to one of the vehicle frame component or the suspension component. The rotatable joint couples the second end of the flexible sensor to the other of the vehicle frame component or the suspension component.