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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Simon Nolden, Cologne, DE;
Jens Dornhege, Pulheim, DE;
Stephan Klein, Cologne, DE;
Goetz-Philipp Wegner, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/28 (2006.01); B62D 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 1/286 (2013.01); B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); B62D 6/02 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); B62D 15/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has an electrically assisted steering system. A steering angle velocity of the motor vehicle, and a driver manual torque change applied by a driver of the motor vehicle are determined. At least the steering angle velocity and the driver manual torque change are analyzed to determine whether the driver manual torque change and the steering angle velocity are not correlated. An error signal is output if the driver manual torque change and the steering angle velocity are not correlated.