US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 29 for "Adaptive driveforce for speed limit control" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,109, issued on April 29, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Adaptive driveforce for speed limit control" was invented by Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a driveforce speed control system for a vehicle. The driveforce speed control system includes a sensor configured to detect a speed limit, and an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to calculate a road load and a mass condition, determine a speed limit based on the sensor, and ac...