US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Aug. 4 for "Brake system for autonomous operation" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,951, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Brake system for autonomous operation" was invented by Ryan G. McCleish (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Michael A. Holland (Conrad, Iowa), Aaron M. Quinn (Cedar Falls, Ill.) and James C. Bartlett (Alden, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing autonomous or semi-autonomous braking with a brake system. The brake system includes at least one brake, a main pump, a backup energy source, a primary valve set having a primary control valve and enable valve, and a secondary valve set having a secondary control valve and an en...