ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,962, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Wheel brake arrangement for a vehicle" was invented by Hamid Yhr (Grabo, Sweden), Ulf Stenbratt (Vallda, Sweden) and Leo Laine (Harryda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel brake arrangement for a vehicle, the wheel brake arrangement comprising an eddy current wheel brake configured to receive electric power from a source of electric power of the vehicle during braking, and a transmission arrangement comprising a first shaft connected to the eddy current wheel brake and a second shaft connectable to a wheel of the vehicle, wherein the transmi...