ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,971, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Computer-implemented method of brake management" was invented by Tobias Husberg (Kareby, Sweden) and Ragunath Balakrishnan (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of brake management in an electric or hybrid electric heavy-duty vehicle that has batteries which are configured to absorb energy from regenerative braking is provided. Topographic data containing information about an upcoming downhill slope is obtained. A state of charge target (SOC target) below 100% for said batteries is determined. Based on the obtai...