ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,348, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Vehicle and brake assistance device for a hydraulic brake system for a vehicle" was invented by Oliver Maier (Stuttgart, Germany), Georg Widmaier (Leonberg, Germany), Alessandro Moia (Holzgerlingen, Germany), Robin Vesenmaier (Ottobrunn, Germany) and Michael Vetter (Ohmenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is driven by muscle power and/or an electric motor and includes a brake assistance device for a hydraulic brake system. The brake assistance device has a sensor with a first piston, a compensation volume with a second piston and a pr...