ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,009, issued on April 21, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Method and control system for controlling a wired vehicle fleet" was invented by Bernd Opitsch (Marktoberdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wired vehicle fleet having a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element is controlled by a control unit to avoid a collision between the first and the second bendable connection elements."

The patent was filed on May 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/318,577.

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