US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus and method for determining a road friction" (Hungarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,755, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Apparatus and method for determining a road friction" was invented by Kornel Straub (Pomaz, Hungary) and Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus determines a road friction of a commercial vehicle. The commercial vehicle has a first axle and a second axle, a load distribution mechanism for changing a load on the first axle or on the second axle, and a slip sensor for determining a slip value for at least one wheel on the first axle or on the second axle. The apparatus includes an evaluation unit configur...