ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,647, issued on May 12, was assigned to IPGATE AG (Pfaffikon, Switzerland).
"Braking system, and valve with activatable holding force" was invented by Heinz Leiber (Oberriexingen, Germany) and Anton Van Zanten (Ditzingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system may include at least two wheel brake cylinder of separate wheel circuits, at least one pressure supply to provide pressure in the wheel brake cylinders, at least one reservoir, at least one electronic control and regulating unit, and switching valves arranged to connect and disconnect respective hydraulic lines connected to the respective wheel brake cylinders to/f...