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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Glenn Pietila, Howell, MI (US);

Steven Aiuto, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/3255 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); B60T 2270/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle towing a trailer. In an embodiments, a method includes: storing, in a data storage device, target deceleration values associated with the vehicle not towing the trailer; when the vehicle towing the trailer is determined to be braking, determining, by a processor, that a target deceleration value of the target deceleration values is not met, adjusting a brake sensitivity value associated with trailer braking based on the target deceleration value; and controlling deceleration of the towing vehicle based on the brake sensitivity value.


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