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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
Applicants:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Clinton L. Schumann, Holly, MI (US);
Karthik Rengarajan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael S. Wyciechowski, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Assignees:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 40/068 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method, product, and system including the use of or using differential braking to determine a surface type or friction level under a road wheel of a vehicle and communicating the determined surface type or friction level under the road when to another system or component of the vehicle.