US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 30 for "Methods and systems for electric park brake activation based on a tire change" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,031, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Methods and systems for electric park brake activation based on a tire change" was invented by James A. Webster (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for controlling a park brake of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: evaluating tire pressure data associated with at least one tire of the vehicle; and in response to the evaluating, selectively generating a park brake control signal to activate the park brake of the vehicle."

The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2024, under Application No....