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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Francis Aroyehun, Chelmsford, GB;
David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Niedert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to determine the load of a vehicle via calibrate a suspension sensor are disclosed herein. An example vehicle described herein includes a force transducer, an actuator coupled to the force transducer, memory including instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to engage the actuator to a bottom surface of a vehicle, apply a first force to the bottom surface via the actuator, determine a first displacement of a first suspension component of the vehicle, and calibrate a first sensor of the vehicle based on the first force and the first displacement.