US 12,447,969 B2
Limited use driving operations for vehicles
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US); Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US); Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US); Lorne Forsythe, Wind Lake, WI (US); and Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,796.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067179 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B62D 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/182 (2013.01) [B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B62D 1/14 (2013.01); B60W 2520/00 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/207 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a front axle including left and right front wheels and a front steering actuator configured to turn the left and right front wheels;
a rear axle including left and right rear wheels and a rear steering actuator configured to turn the left and right rear wheels;
a steering-wheel assembly including a steering wheel;
left and right driver-actuatable paddle inputs supported by the steering wheel assembly, wherein each of the paddles inputs includes a variable-force sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a force applied; and
a controller programmed to:
in response to vehicle speed being less than a threshold and both of the driver-actuatable inputs being actuated, command a diagonal driving mode,
in response to the vehicle being in the diagonal driving mode, the steering wheel being centered, and the right input being actuated, immediately command the front and rear steering actuators to turn the front wheels to the right and the rear wheels to the right,
in response to the vehicle being in the diagonal driving mode, the steering wheel being centered, and the left input being actuated, immediately command the front and rear steering actuators to turn the front wheels to the left and the rear wheels to the left,
in response to a first force applied to the right input when in the diagonal driving mode, command first and second steering angles to the front and rear steering actuators, respectively, and
in response to a second force applied to the right input when in the diagonal driving mode, command third and fourth steering angles to the front and rear steering actuators, respectively.