US Patent Issued to Harley-Davidson Motor on Oct. 7 for "Saddle-ride vehicle with autonomous braking and method of operating same" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,692, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Saddle-ride vehicle with autonomous braking and method of operating same" was invented by Brian Ginther (Pewaukee, Wis.), Cindy Ann Miller (Delafield, Wis.) and Matthew David Rasmussen (Muskego, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle operable by an unrestrained or uncontained rider and including a controller programmed to identify a trigger for an autonomous vehicle response. A sensor of the vehicle is in communication with the controller and operable to detect a predefined condition as the trigger. A rider sensor system in communication with th...