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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2025
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bang Kim Cao, Northville, MI (US);
Matthew Meyerholtz Johnson, Toledo, OH (US);
Jonathan Craig Sullivan, Ferndale, MI (US);
David Gon Oh, Canton, MI (US);
Sage Aaron Stubbs, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed example include interface circuitry to obtain a steering wheel torque value corresponding to torque produced via a spring-to-center steering wheel; machine-readable instructions; and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to: determine a steering pinion angle value based on the steering wheel torque value; and control a road wheel actuator to turn a road wheel based on the steering pinion angle value.