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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dilip B. Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Christopher Henderson, Belleville, MI (US);
James Edwin Blatchford, Northville, MI (US);
Stavros Dionyssopoulos, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
James Edward Gregoire, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/02 (2006.01); B60D 1/58 (2006.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/02 (2013.01); B60C 23/009 (2013.01); B60C 23/0454 (2013.01); B60C 23/0481 (2013.01); B60D 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring a communicative connection with a trailer. Messages transmitted between a tire pressure management module of a trailer and a controller of a vehicle may be monitored. A notification may be triggered when the controller has not received a message from the tire pressure management module during at least a predetermined period of time.