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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Kenneth Patrick Mchugh, Canton, MI (US);
Terry R. Lobsinger, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Brandon Cameron, Canton, MI (US);
William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Z Deljevic, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for vehicle turning in confined spaces are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein instructions, at least one memory, a processor to execute the instructions to operate a first brake of a first wheel of a vehicle, operate a second brake of a second wheel of the vehicle, determine a frictional coefficient of a driving surface of the vehicle by rotating a third wheel of the vehicle, determine based on the frictional coefficient, if a turn command can be conducted by the vehicle, and when the turn command can be conducted, conduct the turn command.