Method and system for active steering for start-stop events
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSiraj Siddiqui, Ahmed Awadi, Hussam Makkiya, Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Garrett Tietz
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include an engine that is configured to auto-stop and auto-start. The system may also include a controller programmed to power an electrical actuator coupled to a steering mechanism to synchronize a drive angle of the vehicle and a steering wheel angle of the vehicle, in response to a parameter indicative of a likelihood of a wheel slip event exceeding a threshold and the steering-wheel angle being greater than a predetermined threshold.
Claims18
A method of controlling an active steering system for a vehicle comprising:
- powering by a controller an electrical actuator coupled to a steering mechanism to synchronize a drive angle of the vehicle and a steering-wheel angle of the vehicle responsive to a parameter indicative of a likelihood of a wheel slip event exceeding a threshold and the steering-wheel angle being greater than a predetermined threshold.
A vehicle system comprising:
- an engine configured to auto-stop and auto-start;
- and
- a controller programmed to initiate an auto-start of the engine responsive to a difference between a steering-wheel angle and a drive angle being greater than a first-predetermined threshold.
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine configured to auto stop and auto start;
- and
- a controller programmed to power an electrical actuator coupled to a steering mechanism to synchronize a drive angle of the vehicle and a steering-wheel angle of the vehicle responsive to a parameter indicative of a likelihood of a wheel slip event exceeding a threshold and the steering-wheel angle being greater than a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.