ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,556, issued on July 15, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Method for estimating an articulation angle between a towing vehicle and a trailer, respective device, driving assistance system, commercial vehicle and computer program product" was invented by Adam Szoellosi (Budapest, Hungary), Andras Batai (Pecs, Hungary), Daniel Thum (Munich), Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary), Tamas Komlos (Csavoly, Hungary), Tamas Szokol (Budapest, Hungary), Valer Merza (Szentendre, Hungary), Valter Zoeldhegy (Diosd, Hungary) and Zsolt Dudas (Szeged, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method estimates an articul...