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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth James Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas Raymond Martin, Canton, MI (US);
William Paul Perkins, Dearborn, MI (US);
Derek Hartl, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling an electrified vehicle by adjusting a deceleration rate based on a closing rate of the electrified vehicle to an oncoming object.