ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,620, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for re-tensioning an electromechanical parking brake device of a vehicle" was invented by Dieter Blattert (Kirchheim/Neckar, Germany) and Frank Baehrle-Miller (Schoenaich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for re-tensioning an electromechanical parking brake device of a vehicle. The electromechanical parking brake device includes first and second electromechanical braked. The method includes: ascertaining whether re-tensioning of the first electromechanical brake is necessary, performing a diagnosis to check a re-tensioning functio...