ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,105, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Hill-hold assist" was invented by Anna Katherine Gabara (Alpena, Mich.), Markian Oleh Diakiw (Livonia, Mich.) and Richard Grubke (Carleton,, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a powertrain having a powerplant and a transmission. The transmission has an input shaft operably coupled to the powerplant and an output shaft operably coupled to driven wheels. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to a brake pedal being applied, a speed of the output shaft being less than a threshold speed, and a position of an acceler...