US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Sept. 22 for "Blended vehicle brake systems and control logic with friction brake burnish learning and compensation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,545, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Blended vehicle brake systems and control logic with friction brake burnish learning and compensation" was invented by Colton Nissen (Westland, Mich.), Trevor Varney (Wolverine Lake, Mich.) and William Wise (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blended brake system includes a regenerative (regen) brake system and a friction brake system that cooperatively decelerate a motor vehicle. A method of operating the blended brake system includes a vehicle controller receiving a brake command with a corresponding brake torque request. From this b...