US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY on April 14 for "Caravanning autonomous vehicle train" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,522, issued on April 14, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Caravanning autonomous vehicle train" was invented by M. Razi Nalim (Indianapolis), Euzeli C. Dos Santos Jr. (Indianapolis), Clayton L. Nicholas (Indianapolis) and Omar Nezamuddin (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments presented herein disclose techniques for providing an autonomous vehicle caravanning system (AVCS) allowing for continuous wireless charging between vehicles thereof. The AVCS includes a pilot generator vehicle and one or more freight vehicles interconnected between one another without a mechanical conne...