US Patent Issued to Scania on March 17 for "Method and control arrangement for controlling a vehicle during a downhill start" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,847, issued on March 17, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Method and control arrangement for controlling a vehicle during a downhill start" was invented by Daniel Stahl (Enkoping, Sweden) and Martin Berglund (Vagnharad, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a control arrangement for controlling a vehicle during a downhill start, the vehicle comprising an electric machine configured to propel and/or brake the vehicle and a brake system configured to apply a brake force to the vehicle. The method comprises, following a detection of a downhill start indication, when the vehicle is maintained sta...