US Patent Issued to Scania on Sept. 23 for "Method and control arrangement for controlling a speed of a vehicle in a downhill road section followed by an uphill road section" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,793, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Method and control arrangement for controlling a speed of a vehicle in a downhill road section followed by an uphill road section" was invented by Manne Held (Alvsjo, Sweden) and Mikael Alenius (Segeltorp, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for controlling a speed of a vehicle in a downhill road section followed by an uphill road section. The vehicle comprising an electrical machine system for applying braking to the vehicle to maintain a first vehicle speed in the downhill road section and to apply a propelling power in the uphill ...