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US 6,959,970 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for controlling a trailer and an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorEric E. Tseng
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Abstract
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system and a trailer comprises determining a presence of a trailer, changing a side slip angle parameter threshold of the vehicle to a modified side slip parameter in response to the trailer signal, and controlling the yaw stability control system in response to the modified side slip parameter.
Claims14
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system and a trailer comprising:
- determining a presence of a trailer and generating a trailer signal;
- changing a side slip angle parameter threshold of the vehicle to a modified side slip angle parameter threshold in response to the trailer signal;
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- controlling the yaw stability control system in response to the modified side slip angle parameter threshold.
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A control system for a vehicle configured for towing a trailer comprising:
- a yaw control system having a side slip angle threshold;
- means to generate a trailer signal in response to a presence of the trailer;
- a controller changing the side slip angle parameter threshold of the vehicle to a modified side slip parameter threshold in response to the trailer signal, said yaw stability control system operating in response to the modified side slip angle parameter threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.