MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441013938 A) filed by Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh, Bern, Switzerland, on Feb. 27, 2024, for 'vehicle and a method for operating a vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Lakshmanan Asokadas, Rakesh.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Vehicle (10) comprising a tractor (12) and a trailer (14). The tractor (12) comprises a tractor actuation unit (20) and a tractor electronic control unit (22). The tractor (12) comprises a first control connection (24.1) connecting the tractor actuation unit (20) and the tractor electronic control unit (22). The tractor electronic control unit (22) is configured to control the tractor actuation unit (20) to actuate a vehicle function (26). The tractor (12) comprises an interface unit (28) and a second control connection (24.2) connecting the tractor actuation unit (20) and the interface unit (28). The trailer (14) comprises a trailer electronic control unit (30). The vehicle (10) comprises a third control connection (24.3) connecting the interface unit (28) and the trailer electronic control unit (30). The trailer electronic control unit (30) is configured to control the tractor actuation unit (20) to actuate the vehicle function (26) in case of a failure (32) of the tractor electronic control unit (22)."
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