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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Niedert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rinku Patel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Anton Rogness, Dearborn, MI (US);
Elliott Pearson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Chad Reed, Southfield, MI (US);
Johannes Gießibl, Amerang, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for magnetoelastic hitch receiver force detection are disclosed. An example vehicle includes a chassis, a trailer hitch receiver configured to receive a trailer hitch arm along an axis, a first pin having a first magnetic field, the first pin disposed above and perpendicular to the axis, a second pin, the first pin and the second pin coupling the trailer hitch receiver to the chassis and a first sensor configured to detect changes in the first magnetic field.