ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,406, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Pneumatic device with an exhaust of a housing for receiving electronic components" was invented by Ulrich Couppee (Coppenbrugge, Germany), Ingo Fuhrmann (Langenhagen, Germany) and Marek Smardz (Wschowa, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic device (1) for a brake system (100) includes a housing (3) for receiving electronic components. The housing is in fluid communication with the environment during operation of the pneumatic device (1). An exhaust path (15) having an exhaust port (17) and being in fluid communication with the housing ...