ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,134, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).
"Method for decelerating a vehicle combination" was invented by Horst Eckert (Rehburg-Loccum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method decelerates a vehicle combination of a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle that has a trailer braking system. A brake control unit of a tractor vehicle braking system monitors the braking behavior of the tractor vehicle or vehicle combination and adjusts the brake pressure at the wheel brakes of the corresponding wheels of the tractor vehicle and a trailer brake pressure. The brake control unit detects a ...