US Patent Issued to VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS on Oct. 21 for "System for operating vehicles at a work site" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,815, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"System for operating vehicles at a work site" was invented by Jimmie Wiklander (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system operates multiple vehicles at a work site, including a first, a second and a third vehicle. The system has a control unit that is configured to establish a first communication connection with each of the vehicles and a second communication connection with a safety key, allowing vehicle operation only while the second connection is active. The control system enhances safety by acting as a kill switch,...