ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,830, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Vehicle system" was invented by Eric Ubelhart (Orrville, Ohio), Michael Davis (Sterling, Ohio) and Christopher Shamie (Wooster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes: a drivetrain that includes an electric motor configured to drive rotation of a wheel; an input device that receives an input and outputs an initial throttle command responsively; an electronic control module that receives the initial throttle command from the input device and outputs an adjusted throttle command, wherein the adjusted throttle c...