ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,376, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Switching device for a brake system for a vehicle, brake system with a switching device and method for operating a switching device" was invented by Michael Belling (Renningen, Germany) and Christian Kaufmann (Sindelfingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device for a vehicle brake system, including: a central-control-unit (CCU) for controlling the brake system, at least one subsystem-control-unit (SCU) which is connected/connectable to the CCU via a data bus to control a subsystem device of the brake system and/or a red...