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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:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Guerra, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Lodewijk Wijffels, Canton, MI (US);
Oliver Nehls, Düsseldorf, DE;
Joseph Park, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Timothy Cannon, Millington, MI (US);
Sergio Codonesu, Heerlen, NL;
Jan Bremkens, Straelen, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for estimating steering assistance provided by a power steering system of a vehicle may include correlating an internal torque applied by an adaptive steering system of the vehicle with an external torque applied to a steering assembly of the vehicle. The method may also include estimating the steering assistance based on the correlation.