US 12,319,341 B2
Methods and apparatus to control a vehicle trailer using torque vectoring
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US); Lorne Forsythe, Novi, MI (US); Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US); Michael Alan McNees, Flat Rock, MI (US); and Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,545.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249746 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 13/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B62D 13/02 (2006.01); B62D 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 13/02 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 13/04 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2300/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to control a trailer of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
condition determination circuitry to determine, based on data from sensors on at least one of the trailer or the vehicle, whether a condition associated with the vehicle is satisfied;
user interface control circuitry to display an indication to an operator of the vehicle in response to the condition determination circuitry determining that the condition is satisfied; and
torque control circuitry to adjust, in response to the condition being satisfied, a first torque of a first motor and a second torque of a second motor, the first motor operatively coupled to a first wheel of the trailer, the second motor operatively coupled to a second wheel of the trailer.