ASSISTED PARKING MANEUVERS FOR VEHICLES COUPLED IN A TOWED RECHARGING ARRANGEMENT

Leading and trailing electrified vehicles are coupled together in a towing arrangement for in-flight transfer of an electrical charge between their battery systems. With the vehicles connected by a towing device, a parking maneuver is initiated in which the trailing vehicle leads the leading vehicle...

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Main Authors Van Wiemeersch, John R, Dellock, Paul K, McHugh, Kenneth P, Phung, Peter, Salter, Stuart C, Glickman, David Brian
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.12.2022
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Summary:Leading and trailing electrified vehicles are coupled together in a towing arrangement for in-flight transfer of an electrical charge between their battery systems. With the vehicles connected by a towing device, a parking maneuver is initiated in which the trailing vehicle leads the leading vehicle. For the parking maneuver, one of the vehicles is designated (e.g., automatically or by driver agreement) to be an active steering vehicle and the other vehicle to be a passive steering vehicle. At least the passive steering vehicle comprises an electrically-controlled steering actuator. During movement, a turning (e.g., steering angle) of the active steering vehicle is monitored. Based on the turning of the active steering vehicle, an assistive steering angle is determined for the passive steering vehicle. The electrically-controlled steering actuator is commanded according to the assistive steering angle. The parking maneuver may be reverse or forward.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117359898