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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yu Ling, Canton, MI (US);
Chen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Hamtramck, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60K 2370/11 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1438 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05);
Abstract
A vehicle system comprises a hitch assembly mounted on a vehicle, a display, and a controller. The controller is configured to access a saved configuration for the hitch assembly and display the saved configuration on the display. The controller is further configured to receive a selection of the saved configuration and program a characteristic of the hitch assembly based on the selection.