US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on June 23 for "Method of controlling a heavy-duty vehicle" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,998, issued on June 23, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method of controlling a heavy-duty vehicle" was invented by Daniel Moller (Gothenburg, Sweden), Johan Hansson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Leo Laine (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a heavy-duty vehicle, comprising an electric machine configured to apply a propulsion torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle upon applying a pressure on an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, and to apply a brake torque on the at least one wheel upon releasing the pressure from the accelerator pedal, the method comprising determining a...