US Patent Issued to Outrider Technologies on May 13 for "System and method for controlling braking functions in an autonomous vehicle" (Colorado, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,812, issued on May 13, was assigned to Outrider Technologies LLC (Brighton, Colo.).

"System and method for controlling braking functions in an autonomous vehicle" was invented by Peter James (Denver), Gary Michael Seminara (Golden, Colo.) and Lawrence S. Klein (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for allowing failover between an autonomously controlled braking system and a human controlled braking system in a truck having pneumatic brake lines is provided. A cab-mounted brake actuator is arranged to be handled by the human operator and is arranged to selectively deliver pressurized air to truck brakes and a ...