US Patent Issued to J.C. Bamford Excavators on March 17 for "Method and system for enhanced braking in a tractor unit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,818, issued on March 17, was assigned to J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

"Method and system for enhanced braking in a tractor unit" was invented by Thomas George Sutton (Uttoxeter, Great Britain) and Lawrence Lyndon Helmick (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling the braking effort of a tractor unit relative to the braking effort of a trailer being towed by the tractor unit comprises: activating an enhanced braking mode in the tractor unit; receiving a braking command from an operator input device whilst in the enhanced braking mode; increasing a tractor unit speed d...