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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Swadad A. Carremm, Canton, MI (US);
Saied Nusier, Canton, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/145 (2006.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60R 1/003 (2013.01); B62D 6/005 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle-trailer hitch angle sensor assembly includes a mounting bracket including a base, a body rotatably coupled with the bracket about an axis spaced apart from the base and biased toward the base, and a sensor array including a plurality of sensors extending in first and second directions along a face of the body.