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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brandon Beauvais, Dearborn, MI (US);

Andrew Stoscup, Wixom, MI (US);

Daniel A. Gabor, Canton, MI (US);

Charles Everett Badger, II, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60L 7/00 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60T 2250/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method of inferring a vehicle state for control of a vehicle component based on the vehicle state inference, the vehicle may include a first electromechanical brake module operably coupled to first wheel-end brakes of a first wheel and a second electromechanical brake module operably coupled to second wheel-end brakes of a second wheel. The method may include receiving an indication of vehicle speed, receiving an indication of vehicle voltage supply to determine whether an event trigger transition is detected based on a change in the vehicle voltage supply, determining a communication state of at least one of the first and second electromechanical brake modules responsive to the event trigger transition being detected, where the communication state is one of a connected state or a disconnected state, and initiating a state inference operation based on the indication of vehicle speed and detection of the event trigger transition.


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