US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 10 for "System for switching electric vehicle between operating states" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,234, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System for switching electric vehicle between operating states" was invented by Jacob Michael Haspiel (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Martin Delonis (Northville, Mich.) and Michael Lozano (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for switching an electric vehicle between vehicle operating states includes a base, a shifter handle, actuators, and a controller. The shifter handle includes a shaft. The actuators are coupled to the shaft. The controller is configured to determine a selected shifter operating mode from among shifter operating modes; generat...