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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Peloton Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark S. Luckevich, San Jose, CA (US);
Shad M. Laws, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua P. Switkes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Trevor W. Laing, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Jackson Bendor, San Mateo, CA (US);
Peloton Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon. In one aspect, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, gear ratios on vehicles. A front vehicle can shift a gear which, via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link, can cause a rear vehicle to shift gears. To maintain a gap, vehicles may shift gears at various relative positions based on a grade of a road.