ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,236, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method of controlling a vehicle combination" was invented by Leo Laine (Harryda, Sweden) and Mats Jonasson (Partille, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, the method comprising determining a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters obtained from the first and second vehicle units...