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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christoph Henel, Mettmann, DE;
Sebastian Leitermann, Erfstadt, DE;
Tadeusz Bularz, Essen, DE;
Marc Suermann, Duisburg, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18118 (2013.01); B60T 7/122 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60T 2201/06 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2520/403 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2550/143 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hill start assist system for a motor vehicle including a control system using sensor data from at least one sensor to provide the hill start assist with improved response behavior. The control system activating the hill start assist automatically and independently of whether the motor vehicle is on an upward incline depending on sensor data from the sensor indicating a local upward gradient in a driving surface in a region of a vehicle axle.