Invention Grant
- Patent Title: All-wheel drive line lock for warming tires during track usage
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Application No.: US17101580Application Date: 2020-11-23
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Publication No.: US11766902B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Ethan D. Sanborn , James Fritz
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Vincent Mastrogiacomo
- The original application number of the division: US15898783 2018.02.19
- Main IPC: B60C99/00
- IPC: B60C99/00 ; B60T13/66 ; B60T13/68 ; B60T8/175 ; B60W10/188 ; B60W10/192 ; B60T8/26 ; B60T8/1766 ; B60T8/1769 ; B60C11/03 ; B60T7/12 ; B60T8/32
Abstract:
A vehicle includes a powerplant, such as an engine, configured to power front and rear wheels, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, brake a first of the front wheels and a first of the rear wheels while powering a second of the front wheels and a second of the rear wheels to warm those tires, and subsequently brake the second front wheel and the second rear wheel while powering the first front wheel and the first rear wheel to warm those tires.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210070119A1 ALL-WHEEL DRIVE LINE LOCK FOR WARMING TIRES DURING TRACK USAGE Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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