ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,215, issued on June 30, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).
"Method for operating a vehicle combination" was invented by Horst Eckert (Rehburg-Loccum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for operating a vehicle combination having a tractor and at least one trailer. A brake control unit of a tractor brake system monitors the braking behavior of the tractor or the vehicle combination, and if necessary the brake pressure at each of the wheel brakes of the tractor, and initiates the deceleration of the trailer. To improve the driving safety of the vehicle in the event of limitation of the functionality of c...