ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,078, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DELLNER BUBENZER AB (Borlange, Sweden).

"Braking system, computer-implemented method of controlling a braking system of a rail vehicle, computer program and non-volatile data carrier" was invented by Viktor Prim (Sandviken, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for a rail vehicle (100) has a brake actuator (120) that receives a brake command (cmdB) and produces an electric brake-force signal (BF) commanding a brake action. A brake unit (200) receives the electric brake-force signal (BF) and causes an electric motor (230) to act on a gear assembly causing first and second pressi...