US Patent Issued on Aug. 11 for "Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,174, issued on Aug. 11.

"Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.) and Brendan Diamond (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may detect a presence of a user and predetermined items in the vehicle. The processor may determine that the user has entered the vehicle based on inputs obtained from the sensor unit. Responsive to determining that the user has entered the vehicle, the processor may determine that a p...