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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Soungjin Wou, Novi, MI (US);
Anand Pradip Naik, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Bradley G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/065 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01); B62D 5/18 (2006.01); B62D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 5/065 (2013.01); B62D 5/14 (2013.01); B62D 5/18 (2013.01); G01L 5/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a torque overlay device having an input shaft and an output shaft coupled to the input shaft. The system includes a steering wheel coupled to the input shaft. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect a torque applied to the input shaft and to actuate the torque overlay device to provide torque to the output shaft in a direction opposite the torque applied to the input shaft.