ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,122, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Pre-emptive wheel slip control by wheel displacement" was invented by Quentin Arthur Cradock Watson Spottiswoode (Horsham, Great Britain), David Martin Armstrong (Birmingham, Great Britain), Michael Fei-Kit Tung (Irvine, Calif.) and Thomas James Emery (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for determining a plurality of traction limits corresponding to each of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and determining a grounded torque request. Based on the plurality of traction limits, the grounded torque request ...