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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ryan O'Rourke, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Thomas Weston, Livonia, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an axle having left and right wheels. The vehicle further includes left and right torque-vector control devices each having an actuator with a released position, a fully actuated position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to the vehicle turning and one of the actuators being actuated, command different torques to the left and right wheels to produce torque vectoring between the wheels, wherein a difference between the torques commanded to the wheels increases as the actuator moves toward the fully actuated position and decreases as the actuator moves toward the fully released position.