US 11,919,568 B2
Autopark steering wheel snap reduction
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US); and Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Oak Park, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/372,664.
Application 16/372,664 is a division of application No. 14/488,589, filed on Sep. 17, 2014, granted, now 10,286,953.
Prior Publication US 2019/0225268 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 15/0285 (2013.01) [B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); B62D 6/007 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire windup compensation system for a vehicle comprising:
a power-steering motor configured to provide steering torque to front wheels of the vehicle;
a steering-wheel torque sensor; and
a controller coupled to the power-steering motor and steering-wheel torque sensor, the controller programmed to, following an ending of an autopark maneuver in which the vehicle is stopped, reduce over a predetermined period of time power-steering motor torque from the steering-wheel torque to zero.