ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,021, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).
"Control device and method for controlling a tag axle steering system" was invented by Lars Soldagg (Gnesta, Sweden) and Christofer Oman (Nykvarn, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device and method for controlling a tag axle steering system, configured to steer tag axle wheels of a tag axle, are provided. The method comprises, when the steering angle of the tag axle wheels is offset from a steering angle of a neutral position of the tag axle wheels and in response to a fault signal indicating malfunction of the tag axle steering system, locking ...