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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Doug S. Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Eric Hongtei Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, UT (US);
Davor Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Uwe Hoffmann, Leverkusen, DE;
Peter W. A. Zegelaar, Heerlen, NL;
Moshen Lakehal-ayat, Aachen, DE;
Michael Seemann, Cologne, DE;
Simon Baales, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for estimating a location of a center of gravity (CG) of a sprung mass of a vehicle includes steps of a) determining whether the vehicle is stationary or moving; b) if the vehicle is stationary, calculating estimated x and y coordinates of the CG; c) storing the estimated coordinates in memory; and d) repeating steps a)-c) until the vehicle is no longer stationary.