ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,426, issued on March 24, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Braking system, method of operating a braking system and transportation vehicle with a braking system" was invented by Hauke Christian Schlimme (Braunschweig, Germany), Arne Bartels (Wolfsburg, Germany), Frank Barecke (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Christian Alstadt (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system for a transportation vehicle having a brake device for braking a wheel of the transportation vehicle, an actuator device for targetedly actuating the brake device, a control device for controlling the actuator device, and an emergency brake de...