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US 7,690,737 B2Granted
Method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a trailer
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJianbo Lu
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Abstract
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle and trailer includes determining the presence of a trailer and applying brake-steer to the vehicle in response to the trailer to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle and the trailer.
Claims27
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle and a trailer comprising:
- determining a presence of a trailer;
- and
- applying at least one trailer brake and at least one vehicle brake to brake-steer the vehicle and trailer in response to the presence of the trailer to reduce a vehicle turning radius of the vehicle and trailer.
A control system for an automotive vehicle and a trailer having a brake comprising:
- means to determining the presence of a trailer;
- a controller coupled to the means, said controller programmed to apply brake-steer to the vehicle and the trailer brakes to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle and trailer in response to the presence of the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.