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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:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Donald Jacob Mattern, Canton, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aleksey Shepelev, San Jose, CA (US);
Chen Zhang, South Rockwood, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/0295 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B62D 15/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver assistance system for a vehicle having a hitch includes a trailer detection system, a steering system, and a controller. The controller determines that a trailer is not coupled with the hitch and outputs a reverse hitching path control signal to the steering system and determines that the trailer is coupled with the hitch and outputs a trailer backing path control signal to the steering system.