ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,437, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hanover, Germany).

"Methods and devices for predictive maintenance of road vehicle components" was invented by Dominique Martineau (Toulouse, France), Jean-Pierre Arocena (Toulouse, France), Olivier Manns (Toulouse, France) and Nicolas Terral (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and devices for predictive maintenance of at least one component of a road vehicle. The general principle is based on the combination of the ranges of values of parameters that represent the wear of a road vehicle component. The method includes observing the d...