US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 9 for "Axle torque grade assist" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,827, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Axle torque grade assist" was invented by Adam J. Heisel (South Lyon, Mich.), Nicholas Michael Cococcetta (Davisburg, Mich.), Daniel Lee Baibak (White Lake, Mich.), Robert C. Gibson (Plymouth, Mich.) and Brian Kalinowski (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a system that performs a method of operating the vehicle. The system includes a road grade sensor for measuring a road grade of a road section being traversed by the vehicle, a speedometer for measuring a vehicle speed, a power flow direction sensor for obtaining a...