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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Gerard Offerle, Saline, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Geoffrey Bossio, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/119 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/119 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2510/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/207 (2013.01); B60W 2720/403 (2013.01); B60W 2720/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for limiting a load applied to a rotatable shaft joint. An example apparatus comprises a comparator to, based on at least one of an angle of a rotatable shaft joint or a torque applied to the joint, determine whether at least one of the torque or the angle exceeds a threshold, and a limiter to limit at least one of the angle or the torque when at least one of the torque or the angle exceeds the threshold.