US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Global on April 7 for "Failsafe valve unit, electronically controllable pneumatic brake system, vehicle, and method" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,917, issued on April 7, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Failsafe valve unit, electronically controllable pneumatic brake system, vehicle, and method" was invented by Julian van Thiel (Grossburgwedel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fail-safety valve unit of an electronically controllable pneumatic brake system for a vehicle is disclosed. The unit includes a main port for providing a first pressure, a failsafe brake port, and a failsafe brake valve. The brake valve is controllable by a control unit. The brake valve pneumatically connects the main port and the failsafe brake port when in an open...