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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Shutko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rich Lanoue, Harlem, GA (US);
Bradley G. Hochrein, Dexter, MI (US);
Nate Rolfes, Oak Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for configuring a trailer backup assist system. The system and method communicates predetermined trailer parameters, which are embedded on a tag attached to the trailer, to a controller in the trailer backup assist system. A trailer backup assist system is configured using the predetermined trailer parameters and the configured trailer backup assist system is activated to operate using the trailer parameters.