ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,815, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP Ltd. (St. Michael, Barbados).
"Intelligent driving passive pedal control" was invented by Karim Aggoune (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Frans M. Theunissen (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assignment of vehicle control includes receiving route data indicating a route between a starting location of a vehicle and a destination location, and determining an optimal vehicle configuration for the route based on a target vehicle speed and a hybrid torque split. The method further includes receiving a driver requested torque value and determining a pa...