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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Tusimple, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Todd B. Skinner, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/224 (2013.01); B62D 7/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a system and method for damping the steering of a vehicle. Methods of an example include: steering a pair of steerable wheels of the vehicle with a steering mechanism about an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a respective one of the pair of steerable wheels; damping the steering mechanism at a first damping rate in response to a steering change rate of the pair of steerable wheels being below a predetermined rate; and damping the steering mechanism at a second damping rate in response to the steering change rate of the pair of steerable wheels being above the predetermined rate.