US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 2 for "Vehicle driveline protected system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,750, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle driveline protected system" was invented by Mehmet Y Goceri (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Matthew C Mervak (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Godla Sagar Naidu (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a torque generating system configured to generate torque through a driveline, a transmission, an accelerator position sensor configured to generate an accelerator pedal voltage signal indicative of a position of an accelerator pedal, and an electronic parking brake (EPB). A torque control system is programmed to determine the EPB is engaged, d...