ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,407, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for setting a cruise control function with automatic distance setting in a single-track vehicle" was invented by Michael Schoenherr (Renningen-Malmsheim, Germany), Daniel Vetter (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Felix Hellmann (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for setting a cruise control function with automatic distance setting in a single-track vehicle. In the method, a side distance between two preceding single-track vehicles is ascertained, a threshold value is determined as a function of the side distance, the side distance between ...