US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on May 5 for "Systems and methods for controlling vehicle travel" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,455, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Systems and methods for controlling vehicle travel" was invented by Michael P. Hullihan (Dublin, Ohio), Casey R. Burkhart (Marysville, Ohio), Matthew DJ Taylor (Westerville, Ohio) and Joshua D. Pritchard (Worthington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear wheel steering system for a vehicle selectively controls a vehicle after front wheel steering is compromised. The rear wheel steering control system includes a rear wheel steering electronic control unit (ECU) and a stability control module. The rear wheel steering ECU electrically communicates with a front whee...