US Patent Issued to ITT Italia on June 9 for "Vehicle electronics system including a parking brake equipment" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,447, issued on June 9, was assigned to ITT Italia S.r.l. (Lainate, Italy).

"Vehicle electronics system including a parking brake equipment" was invented by Pietro Roberto Macchi (Turin, Italy), Stefano Serra (Saluzzo, Italy), Marco Terranova (Turin, Italy) and Umberto Vignolo (Porte, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle electronic system including a parking brake equipment, comprising a brake element (2) including either a brake pad or a brake shoe, said brake element (2) including an electrical circuit equipped with one or more sensors (3, 4, 5) for real-time detection of signals relating to temperatures and/or to normal fo...