ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,961, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A. (Piossasco, Italy).

"Power supply system for a control means residing in a vehicle intended to be part of a convoy of vehicles, convoy of vehicle and method for supplying power to a control means" was invented by Angelo Grasso (Canelli, Italy), Matteo Frea (Cantalupa, Italy) and Luc Imbert (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system is described for a control means residing in a vehicle (V) intended to be part of a convoy of vehicles. The power supply system is arranged to receive a low-voltage power supply and at least on tail vehicle sig...