US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on June 2 for "Apparatus and method for controlling a trailer parking brake indicator in a tractor, and method for modifying a tractor" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,510, issued on June 2, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Apparatus and method for controlling a trailer parking brake indicator in a tractor, and method for modifying a tractor" was invented by Robert Newton (Greensboro, N.C.) and Lionel Farres (Heyrieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling a trailer parking brake status indicator includes an arrangement for determining whether a trailer is coupled to the tractor, a control system configured to receive a signal that includes at least a determining signal from the determining arrangement that the trailer is not coupled to the tracto...