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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

May. 02, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chris Paiva, Novi, MI (US);

Tom Sawarynski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Steven Thompson, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Daniel Collins, Grass Lake, MI (US);

Geoffrey Bossio, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Jason Wallace Michener, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01); B60G 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/0182 (2013.01); B60G 17/01933 (2013.01); B60G 17/06 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/821 (2013.01); B60G 2400/954 (2013.01); B60G 2500/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to adjust vehicle suspension damping are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to determine a terrain condition based on first wheel position data of a vehicle and second wheel position data of the vehicle, determine a damping command based on the terrain condition, and adjust a suspension of the vehicle based on the damping command.


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