ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,918, issued on April 7, was assigned to BWI (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Brake-by-wire module including pressure balanced PSU piston with wetted ball screw and backup pump assembly" was invented by Pascal Chaumette (Creteil, France), Xiaoxu Zhao (Shanghai), David Fredrick Reuter (Beavercreek, Ohio), Dongqiang Luo (Shanghai) and Daniel Norbert Borgemenke (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-hydraulic brake system includes a master cylinder (MC) configured to supply fluid into a first MC fluid passageway in response to pressing force on a brake pedal; a pressure supply unit (PSU) assembly having a PSU motor c...