Invention Application
- Patent Title: ASSISTANCE BY TOWED VEHICLE
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Application No.: US17346735Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US20220396271A1Publication Date: 2022-12-15
- Inventor: Andrew Denis Lewandowski , Keith Weston , Brendan F. Diamond , Jordan Barrett
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Main IPC: B60W30/18
- IPC: B60W30/18 ; B62D15/02 ; B62D12/02 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W10/20 ; B60W10/18

Abstract:
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating a lane change by a first vehicle that is towing a second vehicle, the data including data indicating a direction that first wheels of the first vehicle are turning while the first vehicle is performing the lane change; and during the lane change, instruct a steering system of the second vehicle to turn second wheels of the second vehicle in a same direction as the first wheels.
Public/Granted literature
- US11760355B2 Assistance by towed vehicle Public/Granted day:2023-09-19
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