ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,020, issued on March 25, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Intelligent advanced engine braking system" was invented by Matthew Doyle (Chatfield, Minn.), John R. Dangler (Rochester, Minn.), Layne A. Berge (Rochester, Minn.), Jason J. Bjorgaard (Rochester, Minn.), Matthew A. Walther (Rochester, Minn.), Kyle Schoneck (Rochester, Minn.) and Thomas W. Liang (Rochester, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for slowing a vehicle. Road conditions around the vehicle are monitored, and determined if those road conditions are hazardous. An engine control unit is informed of the hazardous...