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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60W 40/076 (2012.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/076 (2013.01); B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60W 40/13 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B60T 2230/08 (2013.01); B60T 2250/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example trailer road grade estimating method includes calculating a road grade beneath a trailer vehicle based on a difference between a first estimated mass and a second estimated mass.