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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ashok Eugene Rodrigues, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Richard David Bruns, Milford, MI (US);
Nicholas Harris, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Cameron Dillon, New Hudson, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle having an electric machine, a first half shaft, a second half shaft, a steering wheel, and a controller. The first and second half shafts are configured to deliver torque from the electric machine to first and second wheels, respectively. The controller is programmed to, in response to (i) locking the first half shaft to the second half shaft, (ii) displacement of at least one of the first and second half shafts or the steering wheel, and (iii) a torque command to the electric machine to a desired value resulting in a torque distribution to the first and second half shafts exceeding a torque capacity of at least one of the first and second half shafts, truncate the torque of the electric machine to less than the desired value.