Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

James Edwin Blatchford

Michiel Jacques Van Nieuwstadt

Dilip B Patel

John Paul Bogema

Bret Alan Zimmerman

Christopher Henderson

Ed Kulik

Stavros Dionyssopoulos

Eric L Reed

Thomas Michael McQuade

Greg Swadling

Patrick William Gibson

Frederick James Porter

Joseph V Bejster

Gary John Rushton

Trevor Williams

Nimish H Patel

Robert S Zabinski

James Edward Gregoire

Dante K Crockett

The present disclosure provides a system and method for managing tire pressure for a trailer. A controller may be configured to manage communications between a vehicle and a trailer. A tire pressure management system module to be mounted on the trailer may be operatively connected to the controller by a tow connector. The tire pressure management system module may be configured to receive tire pressure information from at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one tire of the trailer, and transmit messages to the controller based on the tire pressure information, wherein the controller triggers a notification when at least one of the messages indicates a tire pressure that fails to meet a criteria.

System and method for managing tire pressure for a trailer

Systems and methods are described for monitoring a communicative connection with a trailer. Messages transmitted between a tire pressure management module of a trailer and a controller of a vehicle may be monitored. A notification may be triggered when the controller has not received a message from the tire pressure management module during at least a predetermined period of time.

System and method for monitoring a communicative connection with a trailer

Controlling a vehicle responsive to reductant conditions is provided. The method for controlling a vehicle having an engine with an exhaust, the exhaust having a reductant injection system including a reductant storage vessel, the engine further having a fuel system including a fuel storage vessel, may include under degraded reductant conditions, restricting vehicle motion in response to a fuel refill of the fuel storage vessel.

Controlling of a vehicle responsive to reductant conditions

A tire pressure monitoring system ( ) for a vehicle ( ) includes a warning status memory ( ) having warning statuses therein and a plurality of tires ( and ) in respective rolling locations, each of said plurality of tires having a transmitter ( ). When one of the tires has been filled with air, the controller ( ) receives a pressure signal from one of the tire transmitters generated in response to a predetermined increase in pressure. The controller ( ) clears the warning statuses from the warning status memory ( ) when the pressure signal is in a normal range and, thereafter monitors the tires in the rolling locations and generates warning statuses therefor.

Method and system for resetting tire pressure monitoring system for an automotive vehicle

A circuit for compensating for failure of a light source includes a first light source having a first function and a first intensity associated therewith and a second light source having a second function and a second intensity associated therewith. A controller is connected to the first and second light sources, for detecting a current to the first light source. Upon detection of a failure of the first light source, the controller modulates the second light source to provide the function of the first light source with a substantially the first intensity.

Circuit for compensating for failure of a light source in an automotive

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Northville, MI, United States of America

James Edwin Blatchford