ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,485, issued on May 20, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicle launch control sequencing" was invented by Michael J Prucka (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Christopher E Pueppke (Clarkston, Mich.), Jeremy J Anker (Lake Orion, Mich.), James M Wilder (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Yi Cheng (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Sean R King (Macomb, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle launch control technique includes obtaining a desired launch torque curve and a desired launch speed, performing a pre-staging procedure including generating a torque reserve for a powertrain, in response to paddle shifters being a first configuration and acc...