ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,991, issued on March 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Automated braking control systems" was invented by Ryan A. Kuhlman (Pinckney, Mich.), Erica Hingst (Plymouth, Mich.), Guillaume Hastoy (Novi, Mich.) and Samuel Steele (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. One example system includes a deceleration actuator coupled to a first wheel of the vehicle and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the deceleration actuator. The electronic processor is configured to receive a vehicle park command. The electronic processor is configured to, resp...