Motor vehicles and methods for operating motor vehicles

US12296797B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Lowell Kubik · Sterling Heights, US
• Thomas Svensson · Leichlingen, DE
• Chad Michael Korte · Grosse Ile Township, US
• Kenneth Patrick McHugh · Canton, US
• Erik Wickop · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2021
• Grant date: May 13, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2270/402
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Motor vehicles and methods for operating motor vehicles are disclosed herein. An example motor vehicle includes an electric drive, an electrical brake including one or more braking actuators, a drive controller communicatively coupled to the electric drive and the electrical brake, and a brake controller communicatively coupled to the electrical brake. The drive controller is to cause the one or more braking actuators to actuate in response to a signal indicating a failure of the brake controller.