US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 8 for "Vehicle powertrain torque limitation based on accelerator pedal and brake pressure" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,866, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle powertrain torque limitation based on accelerator pedal and brake pressure" was invented by Corey Allard (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Joshua Rohrer (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launch control system for a vehicle includes a control system configured to, in response to detecting a launch control request, determine whether an accelerator pedal position and a brake pressure are greater than respective calibrated thresholds, when the accelerator pedal position and the brake pressure are both greater than the respective calibrated thre...