ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,405, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Brake system for a vehicle and method for operating a brake system" was invented by Frank Schmidt (Brodenbach, Germany), Fabian Querbach (Lonnig, Germany), Frank Einig (Ochtendung, Germany), Peter Goergen (Zell, Germany), Thomas Puetz (Naunheim, Germany), Frank Heller (Boppard, Germany), Thomas Wald (Hollnich, Germany), Joachim Oster (Ernst, Germany) and Johanna Mengelkoch (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system for a vehicle is disclosed herein, which is constructed for selective pressurisation and pressure relief of at least t...