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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Jonathan Michael Graves, Brighton, MI (US);
Andrew Monticello, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Brent Clark, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for mitigating torque steer in a vehicle having a steering axle with a limited slip differential and a pair of output members. The limited slip differential includes a pair of differential outputs and a clutch. The method includes: operating the limited slip differential with the clutch in the first condition; determining that the vehicle is in a state in which a torque steer condition is occurring or is likely to occur; and operating the clutch to reduce a torque differential between the differential outputs to mitigate the torque steer condition. A vehicle with a steering axle and a controller that is configured to operate a clutch in the steering axle to attenuate torque steer is also provided.