ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,771, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Vehicle arrangement and method for braking" was invented by Tove Audhav (Landvetter, Sweden) and Arne Andersson (Molnlycke, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle arrangement for braking comprising at least a first electric motor comprising a first shaft being arranged to be mechanically connected to a drive shaft of the vehicle via a gearbox, and a braking compressor comprising a compressor shaft being arranged to be mechanically connected to the first shaft of the first electric motor via a compressor clutch, such that the first shaft drives the...