MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541036476 A) filed by Ashok Leyland Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 15, 2025, for 'system and method for uphill and downhill assistance with electronic parking brake control.'

Inventor(s) include Senthilraja V; Ravishankar D; Dr. Vijay Bhooshan Kumar; Balakrishnan D; Dr. Kanakasabapathi Subramanian; and Venkatesh D.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a hill assistance and braking system (10) for vehicles, featuring a control unit (100) that processes vehicle parameters such as engine RPM, spe...