US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on July 22 for "Heavy duty vehicle redundant braking system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,323, issued on July 22, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Heavy duty vehicle redundant braking system" was invented by Martin Monnier (Oullins, France) and Lionel Farres (Heyrieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-pneumatic brake system for an automotive vehicle, with a service brake arrangement and a park brake arrangement, comprising front and rear axle brake modules, each of front and rear axle brake module comprising an electrical control input and a pneumatic control input, a first bistable relay valve, possibly a second bistable relay valve to supply the trailer, first and second pressure ...