ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,885, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to WABTEC Hauts-de-France (Amiens, France).

"Vehicle braking system comprising a parking brake indicator device and vehicle provided with such a braking system" was invented by Claudino Goncalves (Ribeaucourt, France) and Jeremie Sales (Amiens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for a vehicle includes an indicator device provided to reliably indicate a state of a parking brake of the system, while being simple, convenient, and economical. The system includes a body that delimits a service brake pressure chamber and/or a parking brake pressure chamber, a parking brake movable re...