ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,165, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Brake system control for autonomous operation" was invented by Ryan G. McCleish (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Aaron M. Quinn (Cedar Falls, Iowa) and Andrew P. Beougher (Cedar Falls, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing autonomous braking with a brake system that includes a method that receives a command for application of a brake pressure and controlling a primary valve set, via an electronic control unit (ECU), to a first defined pressure to apply a braking power in response to the received command. The method f...