US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Nov. 11 for "System and method for adjustment of autonomous emergency braking responsive to changes in vehicle mass" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,371, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"System and method for adjustment of autonomous emergency braking responsive to changes in vehicle mass" was invented by Jeffrey M. Carbaugh (Lakewood, Ohio), Justin R. Miller (Elyria, Ohio) and Justin Turner (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous emergency braking system includes a sensor generating a collision risk signal indicative of an object in a path of travel of the vehicle and a controller. The controller determines whether an indication of a mass of the vehicle is present and, if so, adjusts a default decele...