ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,831, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Dynamic control of transmission shift schedules" was invented by Steven M. Bellinger (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and systems for determining a dynamic shift schedule for a system are provided. A method includes: determining, by a controller, a priority for a system based on data indicative of operation of the system; determining, by the controller, a shift point for the system based on the priority and at least one of a current gear, a current accelerator pedal position (APP), an acceleration vector, or a target gear; and ...