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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Avesta Goodarzi, Whitby, CA;
Utkarsh Saini, Pickering, CA;
Patrick Giancarlo Gabriel DiGioacchino, Niagara Falls, CA;
Hasan Alper Hepguvendik, Milton, CA;
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems automatically scale and set trailer brake gain without a need for vehicle driver input and without testing. Scaling a trailer brake gain of a trailer towed by a vehicle includes obtaining sensor data via one or more sensors of the vehicle. A processor computes a trailer weight of the trailer and a trailer resistance force of the trailer. The processor automatically updates the trailer brake gain based on both the trailer weight and the trailer resistance force and may use vehicle data and axle torque.