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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fritz P. E. Dilger, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Teves, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining a steering wheel angle calibration reference value in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a relative steering wheel angle sensor, which is unique in that it receives power directly from the vehicle's battery and interacts with the vehicle's car area network. The vehicle also includes an active yaw controller that interacts with the vehicle's car area network. The steering wheel angle calibration reference value only needs to be updated when power to the relative steering wheel angle sensor has been interrupted.