ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,280, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ZF Friendrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Method for monitoring a vehicle" was invented by Christoph Muller (Osnabruck, Germany) and Stefan Schmidt (Osnabruck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a vehicle (1) having a vehicle superstructure (2), a chassis (3) connected to the vehicle superstructure (2), and a monitoring unit (11) which monitors the chassis (3) for damage. In the event that chassis damage is detected, the monitoring unit produces a warning signal (S) by means of a warning signal generator, where the warning signal generator has at least one ...