ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,812, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).
"Vehicle" was invented by Gerald Amler (Nuremberg, Germany), Wolfgang Kluth (Altdorf, Germany), Stefan Reinicke (Ilmmuenster, Germany) and Dieter Schiefer (Weisendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, in particular to a rail vehicle, has at least one drive motor and a brake control device. A monitoring device measures, in the braking mode of the vehicle, at least one drive current which flows through the drive motor, and at least one drive voltage which is applied to the drive motor, to form measured values, and to generate operational information ...