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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nathaniel A Rolfes, Detroit, MI (US);
Bradley G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US);
Darrel Alan Recker, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Donald Jacob Mattern, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Hafner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A trailer backup assist system for motor vehicles includes an auxiliary user input feature that can be used by a vehicle operator to provide a steering curvature command corresponding to a desired vehicle path curvature without requiring a user to move a steering wheel of the motor vehicle. The trailer backup assist system is configured to control a vehicle speed while the vehicle is backing up with a trailer attached thereto utilizing an input comprising at least one of a steering curvature command and an angle of a trailer relative to the vehicle. The trailer backup assist system controls at least one of a brake system, an engine torque, and a transmission gear selection to thereby control vehicle speed in a reverse direction.