US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America on May 27 for "Vehicles, systems, and methods for selecting a recommended vehicle driving mode" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,965, issued on May 27, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Vehicles, systems, and methods for selecting a recommended vehicle driving mode" was invented by John Charles Rafferty (Dexter, Mich.), Lou M. Pope (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Clinton J. Williams (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a steering wheel, one or more vehicle drive systems, one or more driving mode paddler shifters coupled to the steering wheel, an output device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more ...