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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Gerard Cullen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ray Andrew Sackett, Novi, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for setting front axle load restoration for a load distributing trailer hitch that is used to hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle may include at least one sensor associated with a wheel of the motor vehicle. The system may further include at least one controller configured to receive signals from the at least one sensor to estimate one or more corner weights of the motor vehicle based on the signals. The at least one controller may be configured to calculate a load restoration that is required at a front axle of the motor vehicle to achieve a recommended load restoration based on the one or more estimated corner weights.