ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,524, issued on June 2, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Park brake system and method for corroborated pressure reporting" was invented by Thomas J. Hayes (Lakewood, Ohio) and Daniel P. Zula (Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A park brake system and method for corroborated pressure reporting are provided. In one example implementation, primary and redundant park brake controllers read their respecting pressure sensors along an air channel to a parking brake. The controllers exchange the sensor readings, and each controller determines whether or not the sensor readings are in agreement. ...