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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/30 (2006.01); B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/167 (2013.01); B60D 1/18 (2013.01); B60D 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring of anti-sway bar chains of trailer hitch systems. An example disclosed trailer hitch system includes a hitch including a hitch ball to receive a trailer, an anti-sway bar extending from the hitch, anti-sway chains to couple the anti-sway bar to the trailer, sensors, and a controller. The controller is to emit an alert responsive to detecting, via the sensors, that at least one of the anti-sway chains is decoupled from at least one of the anti-sway bar and the trailer.