ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,922, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"System and method for operating utility vehicles" was invented by Levente Balogh (Szigetszentimiklos, Hungary), Csaba Horvath (Biatorbagy, Hungary), Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary), Viktor Tihanyi (Budapest, Hungary) and Peter Frank (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for operating a driverless utility vehicle in a restricted area, including: a transfer module for transferring control of the utility vehicle at an entrance: from the driver of the utility vehicle to the system, and at an exit: from the system to the ...