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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Jens F. Christiansen, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Michael J. Kipley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brad G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jens F. Christiansen, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Michael J. Kipley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brad G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling a vehicle steering system, comprising receiving at least one signal corresponding to one or more of a lateral acceleration, a longitudinal acceleration, a vertical acceleration, a suspension travel, and a vehicle speed, calculating or determining an optimum steering rack travel from the at least one signal, and limiting travel of a steering rack of the vehicle based on the optimum steering rack travel.