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US 10,703,279 B2Granted
Automatic trailer detection and vehicle configuration
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Dupuis, David Joseph Orris
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Abstract
A system for adjusting vehicle mirrors is disclosed and includes a memory device including at least one saved mirror position corresponding with an identified trailer. At least one vehicle mirror is movable to an extended trailering position that corresponds with the saved mirror position. The memory device is part of a controller that moves the vehicle mirror to the saved position responsive to an indication that an identified trailer is hitched to the vehicle.
Claims13
A system for adjusting vehicle mirrors comprising:
- a memory device including at least one saved mirror position corresponding with an identified trailer;
- and
- at least one vehicle side mirror assembly including a mirror, the at least one side mirror assembly is extendible outward from a first position to a trailering position, the at least one vehicle side mirror assembly is automatically movable to the saved mirror position responsive to detection that the identified trailer is hitched to the vehicle, wherein in the saved mirror position the side mirror assembly extends outward to the trailering position and the mirror is adjusted to provide a view of the identified trailer and a detection device that includes a sensor detecting mating of a trailer hitch to the vehicle.
A method of automatically adjusting vehicle mirrors comprising:
- storing at least one saved side mirror assembly position corresponding with an identified trailer in a memory device on the vehicle;
- detecting that a trailer is hitched to the vehicle with a sensor detecting mating of a trailer hitch to the vehicle;
- and
- automatically extending outward at least one vehicle mirror assembly from a first position to a trailering position and adjusting the mirror to the saved mirror position responsive to detection that the identified trailer is hitched to the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.