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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Ford Global Technology, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel James Nichols, Northville, MI (US);
William James Bouse, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Justin Sekula, Berkley, MI (US);
Alex Parker, Novi, MI (US);
Zhongzhou Yang, Novi, MI (US);
Timothy Panagis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Zheng Tan, Livonia, MI (US);
Bo Lin, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle including a wheel, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to identify a first position of the wheel, detect a request to move the wheel to a second position, adjust the wheel from the first position to the second position via the steering assistance system, disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to a third position, the third position offset from the second position by an angular offset in a first direction, adjust the wheel to a fourth position, the fourth position offset from the second position by the angular offset in a second direction different than the first direction, and disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to the second position.