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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 7/15 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 7/159 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle having an active roll control and an active steering system designed to map a steering-wheel setting angle predetermined by a driver of the motor vehicle in accordance with a predetermined steer response onto a steer angle of the motor vehicle. The method includes operating the active steering system in a normal operating mode having a normal steer response and upon determining an active roll control fault operating the active steering system in a fallback operating mode in accordance with an fallback steer response, the fallback steer response different from the normal steer response.