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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ashrit Das, Canton, MI (US);
John Broderick, Willis, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/18 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 8/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/1806 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/00 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 2201/02 (2013.01); B60T 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for jerk-free stopping of a motor vehicle to automatically bring the motor vehicle to a standstill at a predetermined destination point, wherein the deceleration exerted on the motor vehicle is ascertained, entirely or in part, as the difference of a spring force component and a damping component, with the damping component being proportional to the present vehicle velocity.