ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,151, issued on July 8, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Trailer brake control system" was invented by Philipp Kirmaier (Marktoberdorf, Germany), Simon Streiber (Marktoberdorf, Germany), Manuel Abel (Marktoberdorf, Germany) and Josef Ammann (Marktoberdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a trailer brake system associated with an agricultural vehicle-trailer combination. Using a driver deceleration demand a pressure level and/or duration for a preliminary pressure peak to be provided in one or more fluid lines of the trailer brake syst...