ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,232, issued on June 30.
"Reverse drive and dig mode" was invented by Aed M. Dudar (Canton, Mich.) and Thomas G. Leone (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for implementing reverse dig mode and/or reverse drive mode. Reverse dig mode may involve determining an inner front wheel and outer front wheel relative to steering controls and simultaneously applying a forward torque to the inner front wheel of the vehicle and a reverse torque to the outer front wheel of the vehicle. Reverse drive mode may involve determining steering controls of a vehicle and applying inverted controls to the rear wheels of the v...