ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,975, issued on June 23, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Electronic control unit, a system, and a method for protecting a radiator, and a vehicle provided with the same" was invented by Rifat Fahmida Ali (Bangalore, India), Nivir Kanti Singha Roy (Gothenburg, Sweden), Balachandar Kannayeeram (Bangalore, India) and Sahil Ajrawat (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control unit includes a computer system provided with a processor device. The electronic control unit is configured to: collect from at least one sensor a detection signal indicative of a presence of objects in an environmen...