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Motor vehicle and autonomous or semi-autonomous maneuvering around an obstacle

US10933872B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Harald Stoffels · Cologne, DE
Ahmed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
Moritz Klaus Springer · Hagen, DE
Guohui Chen · Zhuhai, CN
Jan Linsel · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2017
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/93
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle and maneuvering method for a vehicle for overcoming an obstacle may include detecting the obstacle in front of and/or behind the motor vehicle by a detection device, moving the motor away from the obstacle to come to a standstill at a defined distance x, wherein the running direction of a wheel is facing towards the obstacle. The method may also include accelerating the motor vehicle toward the obstacle within a power-limiting range of a drive unit of the vehicle. The power-limiting range may be a power-limiting range of an electric motor powering the vehicle.

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