US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on Aug. 4 for "Vehicle comprising an air deflector panel and a method for optimizing the position of the air deflector panel" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,043, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle comprising an air deflector panel and a method for optimizing the position of the air deflector panel" was invented by Olivier Hermann (Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising a camera monitoring system, which includes a camera arranged on supporting arm mounted on a cab, to provide captured image of area located rearward of cab; at least one lighting device which is mounted on an air deflector panel and which is configured to form a mark on a load or the trailer, the mark being positioned to be at lea...