US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Global on July 7 for "Electropneumatic valve unit for a commercial vehicle" (Polish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,650, issued on July 7, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Electropneumatic valve unit for a commercial vehicle" was invented by Karol Zelent (Kielczowek, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electropneumatic valve unit (100, 200) for a vehicle brake system has a plurality of valve sections (102; 104; 106; 108; 204; 206) integrated into a single valve housing (101). The plurality of valve sections (102; 104; 106; 108; 204; 206) includes a front axle redundancy section (102) configured to provide a redundant supply or control pressure for controlling brakes associated with a front axle of a vehicle or a ...