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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Paccar Inc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stan Delizo, Lynwood, WA (US);
Yen-Lin Han, Seattle, WA (US);
Christian Heussy, Seattle, WA (US);
Caroline Hofgaard, Duvall, WA (US);
Kirstin Schauble, Meadow Vista, CA (US);
Pauline Shammami, Seattle, WA (US);
Oleksiy Khomenko, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Austin Chong, Fremont, CA (US);
Ted Scherzinger, Sammamish, WA (US);
PACCAR Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of autonomously backing a vehicle (e.g., a tractor unit) to a trailer (e.g., a semi-trailer) comprising a trailer-mounted coupling device (e.g., a kingpin). The method includes determining, by an autonomous backing module of the vehicle, a target corresponding to the trailer-mounted coupling device; determining, by the autonomous backing module, a path to maneuver the vehicle to the target and align a vehicle-mounted coupling device (e.g., a fifth wheel) with the trailer-mounted coupling device, determining, by the autonomous backing module, commands to components of the vehicle to autonomously control the vehicle to maneuver along the determined path to the target, and transmitting, by the autonomous backing module, the commands to the components of the vehicle (e.g., a braking control module, a steering control module, and/or a torque request module). Suitably configured vehicles are also described.