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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2011
Applicants:
David R. Lach, Novi, MI (US);
William H. Wittig, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
David R. Lach, Novi, MI (US);
William H. Wittig, Saginaw, MI (US);
Assignee:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/22 (2006.01); B62D 5/20 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 5/0466 (2013.01); B62D 5/0472 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling an electric power steering system is provided. The method includes: determining a scale factor based on a handwheel position; applying the scale factor to a hand wheel torque value to scale the hand wheel torque value; and generating a corrected handwheel torque signal based on the scaled hand wheel torque value.