ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,961, issued on April 22, was assigned to AVL List GmbH (Graz, Austria).

"Test bed for testing a real test object in driving operation" was invented by Rupert Scheucher (Graz, Austria), Peter Schoggl (Hitzendorf, Austria), Michael Peinsitt (Wundschuh, Austria), Andreas Haas (Hitzendorf, Austria), Franz Rabel (Nestelbach bei Graz, Austria) and Ull Thaler (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a test bed and a method for testing a real test object in driving operation, wherein the test object has at least one real component of a vehicle which is capable of applying torque to a wheel hub. The test bed compr...