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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey M Otto, Auburn, MI (US);

Rangarajan Ramanujam, Saginaw, MI (US);

Bhuvanesh Sainath, Saginaw, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); F16H 25/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B62D 5/0424 (2013.01); B62D 5/0448 (2013.01); F16H 25/2204 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technical solutions are described for lash detection diagnostic in a steering system. An example method includes sending, by a controller, an excitation motor command to a motor control system. The method further includes measuring, by the controller, a sensor signal generated in response to the excitation motor command. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a decay rate of a change in magnitude of the signal at a plurality of frequencies. The method further includes diagnosing, by the controller, that the steering system has a lash condition based on the decay rate exceeding a predetermined threshold.


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