ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,532, issued on June 2, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Wheel slip-based control for accelerating and decelerating heavy-duty vehicles" was invented by Teodoro Bora (Gothenburg, Sweden), Viktor Lagnert (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Ramadan Salif (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling motion by a heavy-duty vehicle is provided. The vehicle is controlled based on a target longitudinal wheel slip of at least one driven wheel on the vehicle. The method includes monitoring a signed acceleration of the vehicle, monitoring a signed current longitudinal wheel slip of the at least one dri...