ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,922, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle status evaluation" was invented by Esteban Gelso (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden), Maliheh Sadeghi Kati (Partille, Sweden) and Leo Laine (Harryda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for detection of order among vehicle units of a multi-unit combination vehicle. The method is for execution by a processor device of a computer system and comprises determining, by the processor device, at least two indications of order among the vehicle units, wherein the indications of order are determined by different procedures for dete...