US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 1 for "Initializing and actively adjusting brake force distribution to optimize brake wear and performance" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,609, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Initializing and actively adjusting brake force distribution to optimize brake wear and performance" was invented by David B. Antanaitis (Northville, Mich.), Samuel Steele (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Edward Thomas Heil (Howell, Mich.), Christopher R. Wilson (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Ryan R. Loveland (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for initializing and actively adjusting brake force distribution (BFD) in a host vehicle includes sensors, actuators, and a controller that executes program code portions including a BFD application...