US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on April 15 for "Vehicle power running board having adaptive motor torque" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,374, issued on April 15, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle power running board having adaptive motor torque" was invented by Aaron Peter Klop (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Dennis Yee (Milford, Mich.) and David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle running board assembly includes a step board, a movable arm coupled to the step board, an electric motor operably coupled to the movable arm to actuate the step board between stowed and use positions and a controller controlling the electric motor, wherein the controller controls the electric motor based on sensed tempe...