ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,113, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicle transmission brake creep" was invented by Corey A Allard (Fenton, Mich.), Michael A Cooper (Howell, Mich.) and Joseph M Johnson (Grand Blanc, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launch control system for a vehicle having a powertrain includes a transmission configured to selectively perform a transbrake operation to temporarily lock the transmission to hold the vehicle stationary while an engine throttle position is increased for a vehicle launch, an actuator configured to initiate a transbrake creep operation, and a controller in signal communicati...