ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,251, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Transmission assembly and brake booster" was invented by Daniel Schwarz (Koblenz, Germany) and Hans-Martin Giese (Polch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission assembly for a brake booster of a vehicle is disclosed. The transmission assembly comprises a rack module having a base section and at least one tooth row section; and at least one transmission arrangement for transmitting a moment, such as a torque. The at least one transmission arrangement is in engagement with the at least one tooth row section of the rack module and has a sh...