ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,198, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Control device and method for controlling a cruise control system" was invented by Mikael Alenius (Segeltorp, Sweden), Christian Wessel (Ronninge, Sweden), Oscar Flardh (Alvsjo, Sweden) and Mikael Ogren (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device and a method for controlling a cruise control system of a host vehicle are provided. The method comprises simulating vehicle speed of the host vehicle for an upcoming road section under a condition of a predetermined torque limitation (Tq_lim) being active, thereby determining a simulated vehicle ...