ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,062, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for controlling a vehicle driveline comprising a first driving mode and a second driving mode" was invented by Tobias Husberg (Kareby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method is provided for controlling a vehicle driveline comprising a propulsion unit and a transmission. The method uses topographic data in order to provide predictive control of the vehicle driveline, where the driveline comprises a first driving mode and a second driving mode, where the vehicle is driving to a predetermined destination. The method inclu...