US Patent Issued to Cummins on July 29 for "Dynamic powertrain control in coordination with adaptive cruise control" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,019, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Dynamic powertrain control in coordination with adaptive cruise control" was invented by Kenneth M. Follen (Greenwood, Ind.), Rohinish Gupta (Columbus, Ind.) and Jonathan A. Dickson (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system, apparatus, and/or method is provided. The vehicle system includes a powertrain including a prime mover and a transmission, and an electronic control system in operative communication with the powertrain including an adaptive cruise control (ACC) controller. The electronic control system is configured to determine a speed...