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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventor:

Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60G 3/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 7/14 (2006.01); B62D 7/15 (2006.01); B60G 17/052 (2006.01); B62D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60G 3/00 (2013.01); B60G 17/0162 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B62D 7/146 (2013.01); B62D 7/1509 (2013.01); B62D 7/1563 (2013.01); B60G 2400/60 (2013.01); B60K 2370/11 (2019.05); B60K 2370/12 (2019.05);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a tank turn. An example vehicle includes a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle, a first suspension coupled to the first wheel, a second suspension coupled to the second wheel, and a controller to drive the first axle in a first direction, drive the second axle in a second direction, the first direction different from the second direction, and decrease a first suspension load of the first suspension and a second suspension load of the second suspension.


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