ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,485, issued on Sept. 16.
"Driving assistance system and method" was invented by Thierry Legier-Desgranges (Crepy-en-Valois, France) and Amadou Sow (Crepy-en-Valois, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance system for a work vehicle may comprise a service brake configured to decelerate the work vehicle upon actuation of the service brake, a parking brake and a transmission including a clutch. A controller may be configured to disengage the clutch when the work vehicle speed is less than a speed threshold and when the service brake is actuated, whereby the work vehicle is brought to a stop."
The patent was filed on ...