公开(公告)号：US20230256786A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US17670750

申请日：2022-02-14

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Matthew Johnson ,  Keith Weston ,  Jonathan Sullivan ,  David Michael Russell ,  Rohit Hippalgaonkar

IPC: B60G17/016 ,  B60G21/10 ,  B60G17/0195

CPC classification number: B60G17/016 ,  B60G21/106 ,  B60G17/0195 ,  B60G2400/208 ,  B60G2400/25 ,  B60G2500/10 ,  B60G2500/201 ,  B60G2202/152 ,  B60G17/052

Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle may include determining a proximity to a stuck condition based on measured vehicle motion parameters and a wheel speed measured by a wheel speed sensor associated with one or more wheels of the vehicle. The method may further include generating a notification to a driver of the vehicle in response to the proximity to the stuck condition indicating that the vehicle is either in a stuck condition or a nearly stuck condition, and responsive to driver selection of an unstuck mode, executing an unstuck algorithm to automatically control operation of the vehicle to achieve a free condition.

公开(公告)号：US20210155067A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17166901

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

Inventor： David Michael Russell ,  Charles Gavin McGee ,  Ben Bulat ,  Russ Lee Norton ,  John Keller ,  Darrell Erick Butler

IPC: B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/019 ,  B60G17/06

Abstract: A system for damping control for a vehicle includes a parameter component and a damping adjustment component. The parameter component is configured to determine one or more driving parameters of a vehicle. The one or more driving parameters include a velocity of the vehicle. The damping adjustment component is configured to adjust damping of suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the one or more driving parameters. The damping adjustment component is also configured to adjust damping of suspension at a zero velocity for a threshold time period in response to transitioning from a non-zero velocity to the zero velocity.

公开(公告)号：US11007837B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US15884053

申请日：2018-01-30

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Ahmed Mohamed ,  David Michael Russell ,  Russ Lee Norton ,  Timothy Panagis ,  Christopher James Dean

IPC: B60G17/016 ,  B60G17/0165 ,  B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/019

Abstract: Example methods and systems for optimizing vehicle ride performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a calculator to calculate a vertical velocity of a vehicle wheel and a comparer to perform a comparison of the vertical velocity to a threshold. The example apparatus includes a damping force manager to determine a damping force to be generated by a vehicle suspension system based on the comparison and a communicator to transmit a request including the damping force to be generated to the vehicle suspension system.

公开(公告)号：US10974564B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16374296

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

Inventor： David Michael Russell ,  Charles Gavin McGee ,  Ben Bulat ,  Russ Lee Norton ,  John Keller ,  Darrell Erick Butler

IPC: B60G17/06 ,  B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/019

Abstract: A system for damping control for a vehicle includes a parameter component and a damping adjustment component. The parameter component is configured to determine one or more driving parameters of a vehicle. The one or more driving parameters include a velocity of the vehicle. The damping adjustment component is configured to adjust damping of suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the one or more driving parameters. The damping adjustment component is also configured to adjust damping of suspension at a zero velocity for a threshold time period in response to transitioning from a non-zero velocity to the zero velocity.

公开(公告)号：US20180281845A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15474744

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Lodewijk Wijffels ,  David Michael Russell ,  Jeremy Alan Rawlings ,  Attila Benak ,  Timothy Cannon ,  Joseph Park

IPC: B62D5/04 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/181 ,  B62D15/02 ,  B62D3/12

CPC classification number: B62D5/0484 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/16 ,  B62D1/181 ,  B62D3/126 ,  B62D5/008 ,  B62D5/0457 ,  B62D5/0472 ,  B62D6/002 ,  B62D15/02 ,  B62D15/021

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to correct clear vision errors in a vehicle steering system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor to measure a current position of a steering column and a current position of a steering wheel in a vehicle steering system. The example apparatus further includes a non-uniformity manager to map the current position to an offset, and an active steering system to apply the offset to adjust the current position of the steering wheel to a nominal position of the steering wheel to compensate for a clear vision error.

公开(公告)号：US09889876B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US14948806

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： David Michael Russell ,  Lodewijk Wijffels ,  Robert J. Garby

IPC: B62D5/04 ,  B62D15/02

CPC classification number: B62D5/04 ,  B62D1/16 ,  B62D1/20 ,  B62D6/002 ,  B62D6/008 ,  B62D15/021 ,  B62D15/025

Abstract: Arrangements (e.g., method; vehicle; non-transitory, tangible, machine-readable media embodying a program) for controlling nominal vehicle steering characteristics in a vehicle steering system are disclosed. A method of controlling nominal vehicle steering characteristics includes determining an actual position of an adjustable steering component of the vehicle, comparing the actual position to a reference position of the component, and based at least in part on the comparison, adjusting at least one of the steering ratio and a steering torque feedback in the vehicle steering system. In one embodiment, based at least in part on the comparison, a percentage of change in a steering ratio for a range of steering wheel angles is calculated and, based on the percentage of change, at least one of the steering ratio and a steering torque feedback in the vehicle steering system is adjusted to a nominal value associated with the nominal vehicle steering characteristics.