Trailer backup assist system

US9248858B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Erick Michael Lavoie · Dearborn, US
• Roger Arnold Trombley · Ann Arbor, US
• Christopher Nave · Ypsilanti, US
• John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
• Matt Y. Rupp · Canton, US
• Kenneth Michael Mayer · Dearborn, US
• Thomas Edward Pilutti · Ann Arbor, US
• Martin Fitzpatrick Frey · Saline, US
• Douglas Scott Rhode · Farmington Hills, US
• David Dean Smit · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The trailer backup assist system has a human machine interface coupled to a controller having a setup module, a calibration module, an activation module and a control module configured to receive trailer measurements, apply trailer measurements, activate and control vehicle systems to calibrate and implement a curvature control algorithm that controls the reverse movement of the vehicle-trailer combination in a manner consistent with a driver request.