US Patent Issued to Cummins on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for vehicle control in response to a passing opportunity" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,437, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for vehicle control in response to a passing opportunity" was invented by Jennifer Kay Light-Holets (Greenwood, Ind.) and J. Steven Kolhouse (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for identifying passing opportunities for a vehicle and controlling the vehicle in response to the passing opportunities. For example, operation of one or more components of the vehicle can be changed in advance of attempting the pass to better prepare the vehicle for acceleration to initiate and complete the pass ...