The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Maruoka, Okazaki, JP;

Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;

Assignee:

AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/027 (2013.01); B60R 2300/607 (2013.01); B60R 2300/808 (2013.01); B60W 2300/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A traction assist apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: acquire first coupling information representing a current coupling posture of a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle and acquire second coupling information representing a future coupling posture of the towed vehicle where the towing vehicle moves backward at a current steering angle; and display a first indicator and a second indicator on a display device in a comparable mode, the first indicator indicating the towed vehicle corresponding to the first coupling information, the second indicator indicating the towed vehicle corresponding to the second coupling information.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…