ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,964, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Apparatuses, methods, and systems for avoiding unintended vehicle acceleration" was invented by Abhishek Khunte (Maharashtra, India) and Sujay Sirur (Maharashtra, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for avoiding unintended acceleration is provided and includes a first integrated circuit-based electronic controller configured to receive acceleration and brake requests and provide a control output via a datalink dedicated to controlling a prime mover system of the vehicle, a three-axis accelerometer configured to provide acceleration outputs in...