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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rick Dempsey, Milford, NH (US);
Jason Wallace Michener, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A control system for a suspension system of a vehicle may include a set of suspension height sensors that may be operably coupled to a set of wheels of the vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor that may be operably coupled to the vehicle; and a controller that may be operably coupled the set of suspension height sensors and the vehicle speed sensor. The controller may be configured to receive the current suspension height data and the vehicle speed data, may determine whether the vehicle may be in a steady-state condition based on the vehicle speed data, responsive to the vehicle being determined to be in the steady-state condition, may perform a comparison of the current suspension height data to a variable range, a fixed range, and a fixed threshold of suspension height data; and may determine an operation state of the individual suspension height sensor based on the comparison.