ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,041, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Locking control method for a pivot axle, a pivot axle locking controller and a pivot axle locking system" was invented by Valentin Pause (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a locking control method for a pivot axle of a wheeled working machine including: determining, using a multibody simulation model, a current posture and motion state of the working machine and static and dynamic forces acting on the working machine; determining a relevant tipping line based on a current locking s...