US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 2 for "Braking sound augmentation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,564, issued on June 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Braking sound augmentation" was invented by Christopher R. Wilson (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Edward Thomas Heil (Howell, Mich.) and Sundaresan Balasubramanian (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing audible notification to a user when braking sub-systems within a vehicle are actuated includes a system controller in communication with a vehicle controller, a plurality of sensors, an infotainment system within the vehicle and a plurality of braking sub-systems within the vehicle, the system controller adapted to identi...