US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on May 26 for "Emergency maneuvering based on a pre-determined axle brake torque difference" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,044, issued on May 26, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Emergency maneuvering based on a pre-determined axle brake torque difference" was invented by Linus Hagvall (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Stefan Bergquist (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimum risk maneuver brake system for a heavy-duty vehicle is described. The brake system comprising a first axle comprising a left wheel braking device and a right wheel braking device, where the braking devices are configured to apply a pre-determined difference in brake torque over the axle in response to a brake signal."

The patent was filed on May 10...