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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ;
Abstract
A method of monitoring and deactivating a steer-by-wire system capable of several performance levels of a vehicle, including measuring an angle of an actuated road wheel of the vehicle, a steering angle of a steering device of the vehicle, and a velocity of the vehicle; determining and storing an acceptable angle range based on the measured steering angle of the steering device and the measured velocity; comparing the measured angle of the actuated road wheel to the acceptable angle range; and implementing a procedure based on the comparison of the measured angle to the acceptable angle range that complies with a particular set of rules.