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US 7,401,870 B2Granted
Method and apparatus to enhance brake-steer of a vehicle using a controllable suspension component
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHongtei E Tseng, Timothy G. Offerle, Gregory P. Brown
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Abstract
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a controllable suspension component includes applying brake-steer to at least one wheel, generating a suspension control signal in response to the brake-steer signal, and allowing at least one wheel coupled to the suspension component to articulate to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle.
Claims16
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a controllable suspension component, said vehicle having a first turning radius comprising:
- applying brake-steer to at least one wheel to provide a second turning radius less than the first turning radius;
- generating a suspension control signal in response to applying brake-steer;
- and articulating at least one wheel coupled to the controllable suspension component to provide a third turning radius of the vehicle less than the second turning radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.