ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,317, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Hydraulic block of a power brake system" was invented by Andreas Weh (Sulzberg, Germany), Michael Wilcox (Charleston, S.C.) and Stefan Abare (Summerville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic block of a power brake system. The hydraulic block is formed as a cuboid housing block, and forms a power cylinder bore for receiving a power cylinder. The hydraulic block has two receptacles for pedal travel simulators and is configured so as to be hydraulically connectable to a master brake cylinder, a brake fluid reservoir, and a driving dynamics contr...