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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey R. Meyer, Munger, MI (US);
Joel E. Birsching, Vassar, MI (US);
Assignee:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for augmenting a return velocity of a handwheel coupled to a steering system of a vehicle includes calculating return-to-center (RtC) torque for the handwheel based on a vehicle speed and a position of the handwheel, calculating a return load value for the handwheel based on the RtC torque, providing the return load value as an input to an effort function of the steering system, and augmenting, based on the return load value and using the steering system, a return velocity of the handwheel.