US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 9 for "Methods and apparatus for indications in automated vehicle hold systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,435, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus for indications in automated vehicle hold systems" was invented by Alex James (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Donald A. Perlick (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Bang Kim Cao (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for indications in automated vehicle hold systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes determining that the automated vehicle hold system is active. Based on the determination that the automated vehicle hold system is active, initiating a delay timer. Prior to the delay timer elapsing, pro...