ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,512, issued on June 2, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for operating a brake system" was invented by Ralf Kinder (Auenstein, Germany), Sabrina Lutz (Fellbach, Germany), Herbert Vollert (Vaihingen/Enz, Germany) and Reid Collins (Forchtenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a brake system, which includes a power brake and a vehicle dynamics control, after detecting that the level in a brake fluid reservoir of the brake system has fallen below a minimum fill level. The method includes detecting a brake signal, advancing a power piston to a forward position in which the requir...