US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Nov. 18 for "Method for operating a vehicle and vehicle operated by such a method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,881, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for operating a vehicle and vehicle operated by such a method" was invented by Philemon Chavrier (Lyons, France) and Renaud Laperriere (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a battery, an alternator, a starter, configured to start the internal combustion engine, a charger, distinct from the battery, and an electrical energy storage system, connected to the starter and to the charger, and distinct from the battery. To allow the engine to be started in case of a battery failure, a method for ...