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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:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Li Xu, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/366 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60D 1/065 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2754/30 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle system configured to control a trailer alignment routine comprises a hitch mounted on a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle toward an aligned position. The controller is further configured to calculate a stopping threshold relative to the coupler position. The stopping threshold comprises a semicircle concentric to the coupler position. The controller is further configured to control a braking procedure in response to the hitch passing the stopping threshold.