US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 20 for "System and methods for operating a parked vehicle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,538, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System and methods for operating a parked vehicle" was invented by Aed M. Dudar (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering system, a sensing system, and a controller. The front wheel and the rear wheel are arranged on a first side of the vehicle. The steering system controls a directionality of the front wheel and a directionality of the rear wheel. The sensing system senses an exterior environment adjacent to the first side of the vehicle. The sensing system also senses a...