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Patent No.:

US 9744972 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2015

Trailer backup aid speed limiting via braking

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Oak Park, MI (US);

Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Raymond Coppiellie

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mussa A Shaawat

Assistant Examiner:

Nadeem Odeh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 8/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/13 (2013.01); B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60W 30/18036 (2013.01); B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60T 8/245 (2013.01); B60T 2201/04 (2013.01); B60T 2230/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a brake system and a throttle sensor module outputting a throttle application signal. The system further includes a control module estimating a road grade beneath the trailer and outputting a brake torque request to the brake system based on the estimated road grade and the throttle application signal.

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