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Patent No.:

US 11801891 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2020

Steering assistance system and method

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Peter W. A. Zegelaar, Heerlen, NL;

Helmuth Bosch, Leverkusen, DE;

Michael Schiebahn, Bornheim, DE;

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Burgess Law Office, PLLC

Lorne Forsythe

Primary Examiner:

Scott A Reinbold

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/003 (2013.01); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 15/024 (2013.01); B62D 15/0255 (2013.01); B62D 15/0265 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing a vehicle steering system of a vehicle having a steering assist system, including estimating a steering angle amplitude during a steering maneuver before rotating the steering wheel to the steering angle amplitude value associated with the steering maneuver. Using the estimated steering angle amplitude value to control activation of the steering assist system associated with the vehicle steering system. In one example, the estimated steering angle amplitude value adapts a torque assist signal of the steering assist system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zegelaar, Peter W. A.. (2023). Steering assistance system and method (U.S. Patent No. 11801891). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11801891

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