ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,343, issued on March 24, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).
"Trailer vehicle having an electric drive and combination including the trailer vehicle, and method for operating the trailer vehicle" was invented by Thomas Dieckmann (Pattensen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer vehicle, in particular a semi-trailer, for a towing vehicle has an electric drive, and the electric drive includes at least one electric motor for driving at least one wheel of the trailer vehicle and an energy store for supplying the electric motor. The energy store stores energy of more than 250 kWh or more than 500 kWh...