US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Aug. 19 for "Engine brake method for operating a vehicle with a turbocharged internal combustion engine and associated vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,298, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Engine brake method for operating a vehicle with a turbocharged internal combustion engine and associated vehicle" was invented by Frank Chagnot Auclair (Saint Anne de Gervonde, France), Herve Queret (Saint-Just Chaleyssin, France) and Laurent Bauvir (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine brake method is for operating a vehicle with a turbocharged internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a boost pressure regulation device, which is configured to adjust the boost pressure in the intake manifold, and an exhaust gas restriction devi...