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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Lorne Forsythe, Novi, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Michael Alan McNees, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to control a vehicle trailer using torque vectoring are disclosed. An example apparatus to control a trailer of a vehicle includes condition determination circuitry to determine, based on data from sensors on at least one of the trailer or the vehicle, whether a condition associated with the vehicle is satisfied, and torque control circuitry to adjust, in response to the condition being satisfied, a first torque of a first motor and a second torque of a second motor, the first motor operatively coupled to a first wheel of the trailer, the second motor operatively coupled to a second wheel of the trailer.