US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE on Feb. 17 for "Method and control device for controlling a parking brake for a vehicle, and parking brake system for a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,357, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Method and control device for controlling a parking brake for a vehicle, and parking brake system for a vehicle" was invented by Matthias Reichert (Hemmingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a parking brake for a vehicle, including: reading in a request signal which represents a requested activation of the parking brake, and travel data of the vehicle, wherein the parking brake has at least one spring mechanism and is assigned to at least one axle of the vehicle; and generating an activation signal, for acti...