ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,661, issued on July 15, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method of controlling an air compressor of a vehicle" was invented by Hugo Bebon (Saint-Priest, France) and Pierig Gaillaud (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an air compressor of a vehicle. The absolute humidity is determined for atmospheric air entering the compressor as well as for the compressed air exiting the compressor. A liquid water mass formed or evaporated inside the compressor during a defined period of time is calculated. The above steps are repeated in order to calculate a cumulated liquid water mass insid...