Patent ID: 9187124
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A trailer backup steering input apparatus for providing a trailer steering information signal to a trailer backup assist control module of a vehicle through a signal interface thereof, the trailer steering information signal is configured for enabling the trailer backup assist control module to generate electrical steering commands for a steering system of the vehicle as a function of the trailer steering information signal, the trailer backup steering input apparatus comprising: a user interface through which trailer path altering commands are inputted with respect to a zero curvature commanding position; a signal generator that generates the trailer steering information signal as a function of the trailer path altering commands; a signal interface connectable to the signal interface of the trailer backup assist control module for enabling the trailer steering information signal to be transmitted from the trailer backup steering input apparatus for reception by the trailer backup assist control module; and an enclosure having the user interface, the signal generator, and the signal interface mounted thereon such that the trader backup steering input apparatus is able to be selectively placed by a driver of the vehicle with respect to a structure to which the trailer backup assist control module is mounted.