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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000

Filed:

Dec. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert Allan Perisho, Jr, Russiaville, IN (US);

Kevin Michael Deasy, Noblesville, IN (US);

Assignee:

Delco Electronics Corp., Kokomo, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33203 ; 3320318 ; 73-175 ; 701 29 ; 701 34 ; 701 33 ; 702 94 ; 702150 ;
Abstract

The present invention provides for a wheel alignment procedure for a vehicle having a steer-by-wire steering system. The wheel alignment procedure includes determining an offset alignment value for a road wheel of a vehicle. The offset alignment value may be determined as the difference between the sensed wheel angle and a measured true angular position of the road wheel. The method further includes the step of adjusting the road wheel position as a function of the offset alignment value. Accordingly, the vehicle road wheel can be aligned by adjusting a calibration value in a controller without requiring physical adjustment of a mechanical linkage.


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