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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Donald Jacob Mattern, Canton, MI (US);
Brian George Buss, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Joseph M. Raad, Farmington, MI (US);
Tyler Daavettila, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for assisting in reversing of a vehicle-trailer combination includes a vehicle steering system and a controller. The controller outputs a steering signal based on a control parameter to the steering system to maintain the trailer along a commanded backing path, determines an error between a measured behavior of a characteristic of the vehicle-trailer combination and a predicted behavior of the characteristic, and adjusts the control parameter based on the error.