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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
John Wesley Wilds, Trenton, MI (US);
Michael George Lysenko, Canton, MI (US);
Bruce C. Arnold, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
John Keller, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Wesley Wilds, Trenton, MI (US);
Michael George Lysenko, Canton, MI (US);
Bruce C. Arnold, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
John Keller, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.