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Trailer identification system for trailer backup assist

US9037349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Roger Arnold Trombley · Ann Arbor, US
Thomas Edward Pilutti · Ann Arbor, US
Erick Michael Lavoie · Dearborn, US
Christopher Nave · Ypsilanti, US
John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
Rich Lanoue · Harlem, US
Bradley G. Hochrein · Dexter, US
Nate Rolfes · Oak Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D15/027
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for configuring a trailer backup assist system. The system and method communicates predetermined trailer parameters, which are embedded on a tag attached to the trailer, to a controller in the trailer backup assist system. A trailer backup assist system is configured using the predetermined trailer parameters and the configured trailer backup assist system is activated to operate using the trailer parameters.

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