US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 30 for "Vehicle securement override system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,123, issued on June 30, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle securement override system" was invented by Abhilash Gudapati (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system configured with a user selectable override of an automatic vehicle securement feature to prevent an unoccupied vehicle from driving includes a PRND shifter, a Park button configured to command the vehicle into a Park position, a brake system controller with a parking brake, an occupant restraint controller to determine a driver seat belt status, and a body computer configured to determine if a driver door is ajar. A control...