Derek M Kaesgen

US Patent:

20130282214, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/841061

Inventors:

Michael Goebel - Seven Hills OH, US
Derek Kaesgen - Moreland Hills OH, US

International Classification:

B62D 6/00

US Classification:

701 22, 701 42

Abstract:

Vehicle control systems that can be used, for example, to configure a vehicle (e.g., a lawn tractor or riding lawn mower) to make low- to substantially zero-radius turns. Some of the present vehicle control systems utilize at least one steered wheel position sensor to generate a signal that indicates the actual position of the steerable structure (e.g., wheel) to which the sensor is coupled, rather than a projected or anticipated position of that steerable structure. Vehicles that include such control systems.

US Patent:

20130282212, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Oct 22, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/657855

Inventors:

Derek Kaesgen - Moreland Hills OH, US

Assignee:

MTD Products Inc - Valley City OH

International Classification:

B62D 6/00

US Classification:

701 22, 701 41

Abstract:

Vehicle control systems that can be used, for example, to configure a vehicle (e.g., a lawn tractor or riding lawn mower) to make low- to substantially zero-radius turns. Some of the present vehicle control systems utilize at least one steered wheel position sensor to generate a signal that indicates the actual position of the steerable structure (e.g., wheel) to which the sensor is coupled, rather than a projected or anticipated position of that steerable structure. Vehicles that include such control systems.