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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:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Gary S. Keys, II, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Christopher A. Myers, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Craig A. Puetz, Waterloo, IA (US);

Andrew K. Rekow, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Alan D. Sheidler, Moline, IL (US);

Noel W. Anderson, Fargo, ND (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60D 1/24 (2006.01); B60D 1/30 (2006.01); B62D 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 13/00 (2006.01); B62D 59/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60D 1/248 (2013.01); B60D 1/30 (2013.01); B62D 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 13/00 (2013.01); B62D 59/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steering control system is disclosed for a vehicle train with a tow vehicle, a first towed vehicle with at least one ground-engaging member, and a second towed vehicle. A steering assembly may be configured to control steering of the at least one ground-engaging member. One or more sensing devices may be configured to determine orientation information for one or more of the tow vehicle, the first towed vehicle, and the second towed vehicle, during operation of the vehicle train. A steering correction may be determined for the second towed vehicle based upon the determined orientation information. The steering correction may be applied for the second towed vehicle by controlling the steering assembly to steer the first towed vehicle.


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