US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on Nov. 25 for "Electrically powered trailer with an endurance braking function" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,306, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Electrically powered trailer with an endurance braking function" was invented by Lena Larsson (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle unit comprising a vehicle control unit, VCU, an electrical energy storage system, and at least one electric machine arranged for regenerative braking, wherein the electric machine generates an electrical output current during regenerative braking, wherein the control unit is arranged to obtain a desired energy absorption capability value of the vehicle unit and to control an energy dissipation fro...