ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,101, issued on June 23, was assigned to BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Redundant governor apparatus for a vehicle air brake charging system" was invented by Ryan S Hurley (Lakewood, Ohio) and Randy J Salvatora (Columbia Station, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant governor apparatus is provided for a vehicle air brake charging system. The apparatus comprises a first governor and a second governor. The apparatus also comprises a number of components arranged to enable (i) the first governor to act as primary and the second governor to act as backup to the first governor when the first governor is unab...