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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chris Paiva, Novi, MI (US);

Tom Sawarynski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Steven Thompson, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Daniel Collins, Grass Lake, MI (US);

Geoffrey Bossio, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Jason Wallace Michener, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/06 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/0182 (2013.01); B60G 17/01933 (2013.01); B60G 17/06 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/821 (2013.01); B60G 2400/954 (2013.01); B60G 2500/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to adjust vehicle suspension damping are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes memory and at least one processor to execute computer readable instructions to obtain wheel position information and vehicle speed information from sensors associated with wheels of a vehicle, the wheel position information including first wheel position data and second wheel position data, determine a terrain condition based on a greater of the first wheel position data and the second wheel position data, determine a compression damping command based on the terrain condition and the vehicle speed information, and adjust a damping system of the vehicle based on the compression damping command.


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