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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Jeffrey R. Meyer, Munger, MI (US);
Joel E. Birsching, Vassar, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for rack force effort-based damping includes: receiving a handwheel velocity signal associated with rotational motion of a handwheel of a vehicle; determining a vehicle speed; identifying, in a rack force look-up table, a rack force value based on the handwheel velocity signal and the vehicle speed; generating a modified rack force signal by adding the rack force value to a rack force signal; identifying, in an effort look-up table, an effort value based on the modified rack force signal; and selectively controlling at least one aspect of a steering system based on the effort value.