US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 3 for "System and method for power take-off control" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,585, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System and method for power take-off control" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Bryan Wilbur Hoy (South Lyon, Mich.), Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.), Jon Holt (Howell, Mich.) and Ryan Delaney (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for operating a vehicle powertrain that includes a power take-off are presented. In one non-limiting example, engine speed may be adjusted to increase engine efficiency during conditions when the engine is operating at idle conditi...