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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:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Jianbo LU, Livonia, MI (US);
Timothy G. Offerle, Whittaker, MI (US);
Hongtei E. Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas S. Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory P. Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Timothy G. Offerle, Whittaker, MI (US);
Hongtei E. Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas S. Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory P. Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/24 (2006.01); B60S 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle includes determining a steering wheel angle, determining a steering wheel direction, determining a steering wheel angular rate and applying brake-steer as a function of steering wheel angle, steering wheel angular rate and steering wheel direction.