US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN, ZF ACTIVE SAFETY on April 21 for "Device for controlling a safety-relevant process, method for testing the functionality of the device, and motor vehicle with the device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. RE50,872, issued on April 21, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany) and ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH (Germany).

"Device for controlling a safety-relevant process, method for testing the functionality of the device, and motor vehicle with the device" was invented by Alexander Tschiene (Braunschweig, Germany) and Stefan Grieser-Schmitz (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for control of a safety-relevant process. For automated driving, safety precautions are necessary. The brake system is a redundant design including primary and secondary brake systems. Both brake systems safely decelerate the transportation vehicle and take ...