ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,392, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"System and method for locking a suspension system to weigh a vehicle" was invented by Christofer Nilsson (Lindome, Sweden) and Tommy Rosgardt (Lindome, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system comprising a processor device configured to determine that the vehicle is approaching or is located on a weighing device, and when it has been determined that the vehicle is approaching or is located on the weighing device, provide, to the vehicle, information indicating that the vehicle should activate weigh mode, wherein the weigh mode comprises ...