US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 3 for "Automatic brake control to support propulsion system in electric vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,226, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Automatic brake control to support propulsion system in electric vehicle" was invented by James R Hollowell (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Zachary C Rogalski (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Michael E Ericson (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of control in a battery electric vehicle includes monitoring an operating parameter of an electric motor in a propulsion system of a vehicle, monitoring a speed of the vehicle, and actuating, by a vehicle controller, a brake of the vehicle when the operating parameter is beyond an operating parameter threshold a...