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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Luke Niewiadomski, Hamtramck, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, III, Novi, MI (US);
Chen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/808 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 2230/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle hitch assistance system includes a steering system and a controller. The controller acquires position data for a coupler of a trailer, derives a vehicle path to position a center of a hitch ball of the vehicle at an interference offset past a centerline of the coupler in a driving direction of the vehicle path, and outputs a steering control signal to the steering system to maintain the vehicle along the path.