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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Dorian Jack Spero, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Dorian Jack Spero, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 2550/30 (2013.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a sensor configured to detect a rearward approaching object and at least one controller configured to cause the vehicle to accelerate in response to the sensor detecting a rearward approaching object while the vehicle is moving forward.