公开(公告)号：US12049210B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17337667

申请日：2021-06-03

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Stuart C. Salter ,  Peter Phung ,  Kenneth Patrick McHugh ,  Paul Kenneth Dellock

IPC: B60T7/04 ,  B60D1/24 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B60L53/18 ,  B60T7/20 ,  B60T8/17 ,  B60T17/22

CPC classification number: B60T7/042 ,  B60D1/242 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B60L53/18 ,  B60T7/20 ,  B60T8/1708 ,  B60T17/22 ,  B60T17/223 ,  B60L2200/28 ,  B60L2250/26 ,  B60T2201/03

Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating and providing braking assistance between towing vehicles and towed vehicles during towing events, such as bidirectional charging towing events, are provided. The towing braking assistance may be provided by the towed vehicle in the form of an assistive braking torque output to assist the towing vehicle with meeting a target deceleration rate during the towing event. The assistive braking torque output may be provided to account for mutual vehicle deceleration events, brake compensation or brake fade events, and stability events of the coupled vehicles during the towing events, for example.

公开(公告)号：US11945502B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17331221

申请日：2021-05-26

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Stuart C. Salter ,  Kenneth Patrick McHugh ,  Peter Phung ,  David Brian Glickman ,  Paul Kenneth Dellock

IPC: B62D15/02 ,  B60K6/28 ,  B60L53/50 ,  G01S19/01

CPC classification number: B62D15/027 ,  B60L53/50 ,  G01S19/01 ,  B60K6/28 ,  B60L2260/20 ,  B60Y2200/91 ,  B60Y2200/92 ,  B60Y2300/91

Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating steering controls between towing vehicles and towed vehicles provide more cohesive parking experiences during towing events, including bidirectional charging towing events. The towed vehicle may be controlled to provide assistive parking steering maneuvers to assist the towing vehicle when parking during the towing event. The assistive parking steering maneuver may include maneuvering a drive wheel of the towed vehicle either toward or away from a detected curb or detected traffic, for example.

公开(公告)号：US20230373455A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US17751383

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Stuart C. Salter ,  Brendan Diamond ,  Timilehin Ogunbekun ,  Ryan O'Gorman ,  David Brian Glickman ,  Kenneth Patrick McHugh

IPC: B60T17/22

CPC classification number: B60T17/221 ,  B60T2210/36 ,  B60T2210/20 ,  B60T2250/04 ,  B60T2270/88

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine brake pad wear are disclosed herein. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a brake, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to detect the vehicle is in operation on a road, determine a deceleration capability of the brake in response to a first brake check event, compare the deceleration capability of the vehicle to a first threshold, and in response to determining the deceleration capability of the vehicle does not satisfy the first threshold, cause the vehicle to navigate to an exit of the road prior to a portion of the road with a grade higher than a threshold grade.