ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,048, issued on April 29, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for controlling a lifting and lowering sequence of a vehicle and a vehicle comprising a chassis structure and a load carrying body" was invented by Jonas Hagerskans (Landvetter, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a lifting and lowering sequence of a load carrying body (20) of a vehicle (1) and to a vehicle comprising a chassis structure (10) and the load carrying body (20) pivotally mounted on the chassis structure (10) with respect to a pivot axis being substantially parallel to either...