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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing
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Application No.: US17159599Application Date: 2021-01-27
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Publication No.: US11983969B2Publication Date: 2024-05-14
- Inventor: Erik Biberstein , Stuart C. Salter , Justin Carmen Campanaro , Katherine Howard-Cone , Jacob Doan
- 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
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: G07C5/00
- IPC: G07C5/00 ; B60G17/019 ; B60R16/023 ; G01C3/02 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/08 ; G06T7/13 ; G06T7/194 ; G06T7/521 ; G07C5/08 ; H04N13/20

Abstract:
Systems and methods for modeling electric vehicle towing are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining that a trailer is connected to a vehicle, generating a surface mapping of the trailer based on output of a sensor assembly of the vehicle, predicting a drag coefficient of the trailer based on the surface mapping, estimating a drag force based on the drag coefficient and the surface mapping, calculating an estimated range for the vehicle based on the drag force, and displaying the estimated range on a human machine interface of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220237952A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING ELECTRIC VEHICLE TOWING Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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