ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,848, issued on Dec. 9.

"Method for a driver assistance system for releasing an electro-hydraulic parking brake" was invented by Matthias Jumpertz (Sinzig, Germany) and Ralf Kinder (Kadenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for releasing an electro-hydraulic parking brake of a motor vehicle, wherein a vehicle status is determined, in dependence on the vehicle status, a pre-charging pressure demand is determined by a control device, in the event of a pre-charging pressure demand, a hydraulic pre-charging pressure is generated by a pressure generating unit, and in the event of a parking brake re...