US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 23 for "Vehicle deployable control for automated vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,987, issued on June 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle deployable control for automated vehicles" was invented by Kiran Babu (Detroit), Kyle Reimer (Royal Oak, Mich.), Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Gregory Ward (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for operation of an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. A deployment mechanism is coupled to a convertible interface. The convertible interface includes a rod having a first end and a second end, a touch-sensitive surface connected to the rod at the first end, and a universal joint connected to the rod at the se...