US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 16 for "Uphill vehicle launch in one-pedal driving mode" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,705, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Uphill vehicle launch in one-pedal driving mode" was invented by Bryan Michael Bolger (Canton, Mich.) and Sergey Gennadievich Semenov (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a powertrain having an electric machine configured to power driven wheels and friction brakes. A vehicle controller is programmed to, with the vehicle being in a one-pedal driving mode and the friction brakes automatically engaged to hold the vehicle stationary, release the friction brakes absent input from a brake pedal in response to an es...