Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Torque steer mitigation employing a limited slip differential on a steering axle
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Application No.: US17178148Application Date: 2021-02-17
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Publication No.: US11746871B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Keith Weston , Jonathan Michael Graves , Andrew Monticello , Brent Clark
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: F16H48/22
- IPC: F16H48/22 ; F16H48/08 ; F16H48/34 ; F16H48/20

Abstract:
A method for mitigating torque steer in a vehicle having a steering axle with a limited slip differential and a pair of output members. The limited slip differential includes a pair of differential outputs and a clutch. The method includes: operating the limited slip differential with the clutch in the first condition; determining that the vehicle is in a state in which a torque steer condition is occurring or is likely to occur; and operating the clutch to reduce a torque differential between the differential outputs to mitigate the torque steer condition. A vehicle with a steering axle and a controller that is configured to operate a clutch in the steering axle to attenuate torque steer is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220260145A1 TORQUE STEER MITIGATION EMPLOYING A LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL ON A STEERING AXLE Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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