公开(公告)号：US10940758B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US15994527

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Bang Kim Cao ,  Michael Edward Brewer ,  Brandon Cameron ,  William Gregory Suter ,  David John Messih ,  Christopher Wernette

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  B60K28/16 ,  B60T8/175 ,  B60W50/08 ,  B60W50/14 ,  B60W30/18

Abstract: Terrain assist apparatus and related methods for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a vehicle controller configured to determine, based on vehicle sensor data, a condition of a vehicle associated with driving on sand. The vehicle controller is also to generate, via an output device, information instructing a vehicle occupant to configure a driving mode of the vehicle that is associated with controlling vehicle speed. The vehicle controller is also to control a parameter of the vehicle based on a setting of the driving mode to resolve the condition.

公开(公告)号：US20210139007A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US16679417

申请日：2019-11-11

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Lodewijk Wijffels ,  Joshua Guerra ,  Donald Bradfield ,  Ashrit Das ,  Bradford Fillion ,  William Gregory Suter

IPC: B60T8/1755 ,  B60W40/114 ,  G05D1/08 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W10/20

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to input a current trajectory and a planned path for a vehicle to a state observer algorithm to obtain a target yaw rate, compare the target yaw rate to an actual yaw rate to determine one of an oversteer or an understeer condition, and apply brakes on one or more but less than all wheels of the vehicle based on determining the understeer or oversteer condition.

公开(公告)号：US09738132B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-22

申请号：US14928071

申请日：2015-10-30

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Russ Lee Norton ,  Benjamin Bulat ,  William Gregory Suter ,  Albert Chenouda Salib ,  David Michael Russell ,  Uwe Hoffmann ,  Marc Suermann ,  Darrell Erick Butler ,  Louis Joseph Jamail

IPC: B60G17/0165 ,  B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/016 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B60G17/08

CPC classification number: B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/0165 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B60G17/08 ,  B60G2400/202 ,  B60G2400/98 ,  B60G2401/902 ,  B60G2500/10 ,  B60G2500/106 ,  B60G2600/02 ,  B60G2800/912

Abstract: An active vehicle suspension system includes an active damping mechanism operatively coupled to a vehicle wheel and configured for controlling a damping force applied to the wheel responsive to a control signal. A controller is operatively coupled to the damping mechanism and configured for generating a control signal to the damping mechanism responsive to velocity of the wheel in a downward vertical direction. At least one of a timer threshold and velocity threshold, used to determine whether a vehicle wheel has encountered a depression in a road surface, may be varied on a basis of a speed of the vehicle. A damping mechanism for a rear wheel of a vehicle may be controlled on a basis of how a damping mechanism for a front wheel is controlled.