US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on Jan. 13 for "Vehicle energy dissipation system using air compressor and electric motor arrangement" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,842, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle energy dissipation system using air compressor and electric motor arrangement" was invented by Fredrik Rahm (Horby, Sweden), Peter Tennevall (Malmo, Sweden) and Fredrik Larsson (Vellinge, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy dissipation system for a vehicle, the energy dissipation system comprising an air compressor comprising a compressor inlet configured to receive ambient air, an electric motor comprising a rotor having a rotor shaft operatively connected to a compressor shaft of the air compressor, power electronics arranged in a p...