US Patent Issued to DAIMLER TRUCK on Aug. 25 for "Assistant for turning at a junction with a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,441, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DAIMLER TRUCK AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).

"Assistant for turning at a junction with a vehicle" was invented by Michael Berner (Remseck, Germany), Thomas Passegger (Reutlingen, Germany), Rajat Sahore (Stuttgart, Germany) and Tobias Schwalb (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assistant for turning at a junction or a roundabout or for cornering with a vehicle which is a commercial vehicle or a bus, the assistant suggests a suitable time to turn. The assistant detects a curb at least on a right side of the vehicle using at least one sensor, and suggest opt...