US Patent Issued to FRAS-LE on July 21 for "Commercial motor vehicle, auxiliary axle for commercial motor vehicle, device and method for controlling the coupling and/or uncoupling between an axle of a commercial motor vehicle and an auxiliary motor" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,264, issued on July 21, was assigned to FRAS-LE S.A. (Farroupilha, Brazil).

"Commercial motor vehicle, auxiliary axle for commercial motor vehicle, device and method for controlling the coupling and/or uncoupling between an axle of a commercial motor vehicle and an auxiliary motor" was invented by Joel Boaretto (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), Cesar Augusto Cardoso Teixeira de Albuquerque Ferreira (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), Carlos Eduardo Michelin Beraldo (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), Cassiano Henrique Pereira (Caxias do Sul, Brazil) and Eugenio Noro (Caxias do Sul, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commercial automotive vehicle, such as truc...