ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,619, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Sensor system and method for determining an articulation angle of a vehicle with a trailer" was invented by Zoltan Gyurko (Budapest, Hungary), Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary), Tamas Gyenis (Budapest, Hungary), Nora Meszaros (Gencsapati, Hungary), Kornel Straub (Pomaz, Hungary) and Sinka Oers (Kecskemet, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system determines an articulation angle of a vehicle with a trailer. The system includes a first sensor device, a second sensor device, and a processing unit. The first sensor device can be ...