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Motor vehicle parking assistance system and method

US11440586B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Frank Peter Engels · Solingen, DE
Muhammad Adeel Awan · Herzogenrath, DE
Oliver Nehls · Aachen, DE
Otto Hofmann · Lechenich, DE
Goetz-Phillipp Wegner · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2018
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2540/18
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for assisting entry or exit of a motor vehicle into and from a parking space. The motor vehicle equipped with a steering wheel and at least one steering servomotor capable of applying a steering angle steered wheels of the motor vehicle. A control unit actuates the steering servomotor for carrying out an automatic parking process, in which case, during the parking process there is no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steered wheels and the steering wheel does not move.

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