ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,240, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Electric vehicle driving aid method and system" was invented by Cornelius Macfarland (Dearborn, Mich.), Daniel K. Tuttle (Ann Arbor, Mich.), David Michael Russell (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kirk White (Ferndale, Mich.) and Donald A. Perlick (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are presented for generating visual and audible aids for a human that is driving a vehicle. In one example, a visual indication is provided during conditions when a wheel speed exceeds a vehicle reference speed by more than a threshold speed....