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Patent No.:

US 12377852 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2023

Methods and system for operating a vehicle in sand

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Zubair Feroz, Dearborn, MI (US);

Bang Cao, Northville, MI (US);

Joseph Jay Torres, Dearborn, MI (US);

Peter James Barrette, Jupiter, FL (US);

Jonathan Sullivan, Ferndale, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

David Kelley

McCoy Russell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jelani A Smith

Assistant Examiner:

Alyssa Rorie

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18172 (2013.01); B60L 15/2063 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/24 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2552/40 (2020.02); B60W 2710/207 (2013.01); B60W 2720/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle in a mode to free the vehicle from being stuck in sand are presented. In one example, a speed of an electric machine is adjusted to determine when wheel jitter occurs. The electric machine speed may be maintained at a speed where wheel jitter occurs while the vehicle is stuck.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Feroz, Zubair. (2025). Methods and system for operating a vehicle in sand (U.S. Patent No. 12377852). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12377852

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