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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Kenneth McHugh, Canton, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60W 10/188 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60W 10/188 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for braking a host vehicle. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to actuate friction brakes in the host vehicle when a brake condition occurs. The brake condition includes that the host vehicle is parked on a roadway, a person is located exterior to the host vehicle, and an approaching vehicle will come within a distance threshold of the host vehicle.