ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,177, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"System and method for managing a tire fire" was invented by Fridtjof Stein (Ostfildern, Germany), Florian Kuehnle (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) and Frank Hannemann (Nuertingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an autonomously driving vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, in which the wheels of the vehicle are monitored. Upon detection of a safety-critical condition of the wheels, the driving behavior of the vehicle is automatically adjusted. In a method in which the vehicle is secured i...