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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Lowell Kubik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Thomas Svensson, Leichlingen, DE;
Chad Michael Korte, Grosse lle, MI (US);
Kenneth Mchugh, Canton, MI (US);
Erik Wickop, Hamburg, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Motor vehicles and methods for operating motor vehicles are disclosed herein. An example motor vehicle includes an electric drive, an electrical brake including one or more braking actuators, a drive controller communicatively coupled to the electric drive and the electrical brake, and a brake controller communicatively coupled to the electrical brake. The drive controller is to cause the one or more braking actuators to actuate in response to a signal indicating a failure of the brake controller.