ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,956, issued on May 27, was assigned to Curtis Instruments Inc. (Mount Kisco, N.Y.).
"Grade severity detection" was invented by Brian M Walker (Livermore, Calif.) and Johannes Boot (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for grade severity detection in a motorized vehicle includes a first sensor and a second sensor that provides data to a controller. The first sensor is configured to generate motion data indicative of at least one wheel of the motorized vehicle. The second sensor generate data, which is indicative of torque for at least one wheel of the motorized vehicle. The controller is configured to calculate ...