ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,898, issued on July 29, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Electric energy dissipating system for a vehicle" was invented by Fredrik Rahm (Horby, Sweden), Johan Lindberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Peter Tennevall (Malmo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric energy dissipating system for a vehicle. An air flow producing unit provides a pressurized air flow through a fluid conduit. A polyphase electric machine runs on a predefined number of phases. The air flow producing unit is mechanically connected to, and operated by, the electric machine. An electric brake resistor arrangement is located downstream...