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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Farhad Bolourchi, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Zaki Ryne, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Juliette M. Rambourg, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Lei Wang, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes identifying at least a portion of a surface that has a coefficient of friction that is less than a coefficient of friction threshold. The method also incudes determining whether a vehicle speed is greater than a vehicle speed threshold, and determining whether an operator of the vehicle is engaging a handwheel of the vehicle. The method also includes, generating a first alert signal, selectively adjusting at least one steering characteristic of a steering system of the vehicle from a first value to a second value, and, in response to at least one of a reduction in the vehicle speed and a distance between the vehicle and the portion of the surface having the coefficient of friction being less than a distance threshold, selectively adjusting the at least one steering characteristic from the second value to the first value.