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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Zenner, Dueren NRW, DE;
Daniel Benjamin Kok, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jimmy Kapadia, Ottawa Hills, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies,LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60L 7/12 (2006.01); B60L 7/26 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 1/10 (2006.01); F16D 61/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/26 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60T 1/10 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/17 (2013.01); F16D 61/00 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60T 2201/02 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2270/60 (2013.01); B60T 2270/604 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a controller that is programmed to, in response to a speed differential between the vehicle and a forward detected object, decelerate the vehicle at a first rate during a first period via regenerative braking alone and decelerate the vehicle at a second rate during a second period, following the first period, to reduce a distance to the forward detected object from an initial distance to a minimum distance.