ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,319, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Autonomous Heavy Truck Solutions LLC (Wheaton, Ill.).
"Non-articulating commercial vehicle" was invented by Gerald Thomas Niedert (Wheaton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commercial vehicle having various GVWR configurations with a vehicle body with two or more axles, and a cab that does not pivot relative to the vehicle body, and a battery-electric-powered or hydrogen-electric-powered propulsion system. The vehicle has a center of gravity that is substantially lower, and a track width which is substantially narrower, than an articulating tractor-trailer combination with a trailer size c...