US 12,420,607 B2
Methods and apparatus to use front load estimates for body control
David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Charles Gavin McGee, Brighton, MI (US); Ben Bulat, Northville, MI (US); Daniel Lee Grohnke, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Darrell Erick Butler, Macomb, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/440,721.
Application 18/440,721 is a continuation of application No. 17/489,423, filed on Sep. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,945,277.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181829 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/018 (2013.01) [B60G 17/01933 (2013.01); B60G 2400/202 (2013.01); B60G 2400/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to:
generate, based on a load on a front axle of a vehicle and a velocity of the vehicle, a body control adjustment;
determine a modified body control output based on the body control adjustment and an unmodified body control output; and
apply the modified body control output to a suspension element of the vehicle.