US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Architecture for alternative means to shift in and out of park" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,959, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Architecture for alternative means to shift in and out of park" was invented by Harold John Felch (Novi, Mich.) and Thomas Svensson (Leichlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system includes a braking system operably coupled to a wheel assembly to apply braking force when actuated responsive to operation of a brake pedal, a propulsion system to apply positive torque for propulsion responsive to operation of an accelerator pedal, and a gear selector to select an operating state of the vehicle when the gear selector is in an unf...