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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Carl Mukkala, II, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roy Schafer, Saline, MI (US);
Andreas Ediger, Cologne, DE;
Benjamin Baecker, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;
Stephen Cole, Essex, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for overriding a vehicle speed limit setting via accelerator pedal override is disclosed, comprising a vehicle including steering, an accelerator pedal, brakes, a processor, and memory, and a vehicle speed limit override module coupled to the processor and configured to override the speed limit setting by calculating an override threshold based on the set speed limit and accounting for variable vehicle weight, road grade or other unknown loads.