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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2023
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:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.