ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,820, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO FRANCE (France).

"Braking system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Samy Akourtam (Bagneux, France), Carlos Eduardo Ramirez Hernandez (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Dimitri Delmeire (Franconville, France) and Abdessamed Ramdane (Beauvais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for a motor vehicle including a main braking circuit, an auxiliary electric braking circuit configured to perform parking braking, a first electronic control device which controls i) the main braking circuit to actuate a first braking member and a second braking member, and ii) in the aux...