ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,467, issued on June 9, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for preventing trailer sway" was invented by Mehdi Abroshan (Waterloo, Canada), Mohammadali Shahriari (Markham, Canada), Zhi Li (Unionville, Canada), Christopher G. Woischwill (Bowmanville, Canada), Kin Man Michael Wong (Thornhill, Canada), Puneet Bagga (Etobicoke, Canada) and Kevin A. O'Dea (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a tow vehicle and a trailer to prevent trailer sway. The method includes detecting a predetermined maneuver for the tow vehicle and the trailer based on operating parameters...