US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on June 17 for "Adjustable slip targets based on accelerator pedal" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,627, issued on June 17, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Adjustable slip targets based on accelerator pedal" was invented by Kevin Jared Sallee (Lake Forest, Calif.), Michael Fei-Kit Tung (Irvine, Calif.), Nicholas Alan Chenoweth (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Shuyang Wang (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Quentin Arthur Cradock Watson Spottiswoode (York Close, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Slip target adjustment based on an accelerator pedal is provided. A system can detect an amount of torque requested for a vehicle. The system can determine a friction level associated with a surface on which the vehicle...