US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 14 for "Rear impact avoidance assist" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,351, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Rear impact avoidance assist" was invented by Ryan J. Gutmann (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided that include sensors that obtain sensor data as to vehicles travelling behind the host vehicle as the host vehicle is stopped or travelling in a forward direction, and a processor that is configured to: determine, using the sensor data, whether the other vehicles travelling behind the host vehicle includes a rear threat that is likely to contact the host vehicle as the host vehicle is stopped or travelling ...