US Patent Issued to ROBERT BOSCH on March 18 for "Method and control unit for operating a tractor-trailer combination made up of a towing vehicle and a trailer including an overrun brake" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,107, issued on March 18, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and control unit for operating a tractor-trailer combination made up of a towing vehicle and a trailer including an overrun brake" was invented by Thomas Matschke (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Florian Stratz (Hemmingen, Germany) and Ralph Goll (Hemmingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a tractor-trailer combination made up of a towing vehicle and a trailer including an overrun brake. A total weight of the tractor-trailer combination is ascertained using a drive torque of the towing vehicle and an acceleration of...