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Patent No.:

US 10272917 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2017

Flat tow assistance

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Eric David Bramson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ray C. Siciak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank Lollo

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Ryan Rink

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2250/12 (2013.01); B60L 2250/24 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to establish communication between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, identify one of the vehicles as a towing vehicle and the other as a towed vehicle, and limit operation of the towing vehicle according to constraints associated with the towed vehicle. In some implementations, the vehicle system detects that the towing vehicle is flat-towing the towed vehicle and that the towed vehicle is not operating in a neutral tow mode.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bramson, Eric. (2019). Flat tow assistance (U.S. Patent No. 10272917). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10272917

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