Methods and apparatus to perform a tank turn
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRoss Dykstra Pursifull
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a tank turn. An example vehicle includes a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle, a first suspension coupled to the first wheel, a second suspension coupled to the second wheel, and a controller to drive the first axle in a first direction, drive the second axle in a second direction, the first direction different from the second direction, and decrease a first suspension load of the first suspension and a second suspension load of the second suspension.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle;
- a first suspension coupled to the first wheel;
- a second suspension coupled to the second wheel;
- and
- a controller to:
- drive the first axle in a first direction;
- drive the second axle in a second direction, the first direction different from the second direction;
- and
- decrease a first suspension load of the first suspension and a second suspension load of the second suspension.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to:
- determine whether an indication to perform a tank turn is obtained;
- and
- in response to determining the indication to perform the tank turn is obtained:
- decrease a first suspension load of a first suspension coupled to a first wheel;
- and
- decrease a second suspension load of a second suspension coupled to a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle.
A method comprising:
- determining whether an indication to perform a tank turn is obtained;
- and
- in response to determining the indication to perform the tank turn is obtained:
- decreasing a first suspension load of a first suspension coupled to a first wheel;
- and
- decreasing a second suspension load of a second suspension coupled to a second wheel, the first wheel located on an end of a first axle, the second wheel located on an end of a second axle, the end of the first axle opposite to the end of the second axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.