US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US on Aug. 25 for "Bleed valve and brake systems using same" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,409, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.).

"Bleed valve and brake systems using same" was invented by Blaise J. Ganzel (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bleed valve includes an elongate bleed valve bore having a first bore end in fluid communication with an ambient space and a second bore end, longitudinally spaced from the first bore end, with a bore lumen extending between the first and second bore ends. An elongate bleed valve shuttle extends partially through the bore lumen for selective reciprocal motion between the first and second bore ends. The bleed valve shuttle has l...