US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Global on April 14 for "Leak detection for pneumatic braking systems" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,339, issued on April 14, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Leak detection for pneumatic braking systems" was invented by Patrick George McNally (Macomb, Mich.), Joerg Moellenhoff (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Gerd Roters (Wunstorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a leak detection system for a pneumatic braking system of a vehicle. The pneumatic braking system has a control unit, a pneumatic circuit, and an air tank configured to supply pneumatic pressure to the pneumatic circuit. The pneumatic circuit has a plurality of valves configured to be individually controlled by the con...