ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,701, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Limiting vehicle acceleration during turns" was invented by Andrew Wassef (Novi, Mich.) and Kevin A. O'Dea (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein provide a method for limiting vehicle acceleration during turns for a vehicle. The method includes determining whether the vehicle is about to begin a turn before the vehicle begins the turn. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the vehicle is about to begin the turn before the vehicle begins the turn, calculating an acceleration limit for the ve...