ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,079, issued on May 26, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Cruise control adjustment for optimal vehicle cornering" was invented by Ryan Aaron Gellner (Livonia, Mich.) and Tyler P. Morris (Madison Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method is provided that includes obtaining sensor data via one or more sensors of a vehicle; and adjusting a speed of the vehicle during cruise control, via instructions provided by a processor of the vehicle, as the vehicle performs a cornering maneuver, the adjusting including decreasing the speed of the vehicle so as to be less than a manually in...