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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Gregory P. Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Kapteyn, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Marcus Turner, Coventry, GB;
Ian Hulme, Leamington Spa, GB;
Gregory P. Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Kapteyn, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Marcus Turner, Coventry, GB;
Ian Hulme, Leamington Spa, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A wheel position indication system for a vehicle comprising a steerable wheel, a wheel position indicator and a controller. The wheel position indicator has an on state and an off state. The wheel position indicator provides a visual indication of the position of the steerable wheel when the wheel position indicator is in the on state. The wheel position indicator does not provide a visual indication of the position of the steerable wheel when the wheel position indicator is in the off state. The controller selectively alters the wheel position indicator between the on state and the off state. The controller places the wheel position indicator into the on state when the vehicle is in a predetermined driving condition and places the wheel position indicator into the off state when the vehicle is not in the predetermined driving condition.