ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,520, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Control of vehicle on loose surfaces" was invented by Pradeep Ramachandra Attibele (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Mark A Levine (White Lake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a prime mover of a vehicle traveling on a surface including loose particles includes the steps of determining a vehicle speed and a rotational speed of a vehicle wheel. Then comparing the vehicle speed to the rotational speed of the vehicle wheel and if the difference between the rotational speed of the vehicle wheel and the vehicle speed is greater than a threshold, the...