US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 24 for "Method to automatically rock free a stuck vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,459, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method to automatically rock free a stuck vehicle" was invented by Matthew Watts (South Lyon, Mich.) and Devon Robert Hall (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a method for operation. The vehicle includes a wheel, an actuator for controlling rotation of the wheel, a sensor for detecting a stuck condition for the wheel, and a processor for performing an automated rocking mode at the vehicle. The automated rocking mode includes engaging an engine of the vehicle into a first gear, rotating the wheel via the actuator w...