US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 23 for "Trailer parking brake system and method" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,753, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Trailer parking brake system and method" was invented by Avesta Goodarzi (Whitby, Canada), Todd J. Brinkman (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Benjamin J. Eles (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for preventing unwanted movement of a trailer coupled to a towing vehicle are provided. A method includes obtaining sensor data via one or more sensors of the towing vehicle indicating movement of the towing vehicle and/or trailer, and in response to an indication of movement of the towing vehicle and/or trailer, automatically ...