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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9884626 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2013

Vehicle control system and method

Applicant:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley Coventry Warwickshire, GB;

Inventors:

James Kelly, Solihull, GB;

Andrew Fairgrieve, Rugby, GB;

Elliot Hemes, Solihull, GB;

Dan Dennehy, Coventry, GB;

Sam Anker, Coventry, GB;

Assignee:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;

Attorney:

Reising Ethington P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Khoi Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Jorge Peche

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 23/00 (2006.01); B62K 25/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/66 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60G 17/015 (2013.01); B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 30/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/18 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 50/087 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/02 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F16H 59/66 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0074 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0082 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0089 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0095 (2013.01); B60W 2510/101 (2013.01); B60W 2540/06 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); B60W 2540/165 (2013.01); B60W 2720/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle, the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode and to assume operation in said system operating mode, wherein when operating in the automatic mode selection condition the system is configured to prevent selection of a prescribed one or more operating modes if it is determined that the vehicle is towing a load.

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