ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,953, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Acceleration control device haptic feedback control" was invented by Christopher E. Kumle (Warren, Mich.), Thomas R. Brown (Shelby Township, Mich.), Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Daniel W. Booth (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Christopher A. Archer (Lake Orion, Mich.), Frank C. Valeri (Novi, Mich.), Eric Bradshaw (Novi, Mich.), Nathan Thompson (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Stephanie M. Brigstock (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating haptic feedback to an operator of a motor vehicle includes a powertrai...