ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,056, issued on March 25, was assigned to Parallel Systems Inc. (Los Angeles).
"System and/or method for platooning" was invented by Matthew Soule (Los Angeles), John Howard (Los Angeles) and Benjamin Stuart Stabler (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In variants, the system can include a set of vehicles, cooperatively capable of forming a platoon. Each vehicle within the platoon can be configured to operate based on feedback from other vehicles within the platoon. In examples, a vehicle can selectively brake based on feedback from other vehicles within the platoon."
The patent was filed on Feb. 8, 2024, under Application No...