US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Dec. 16 for "Trailer spring brake valve and method of operating the same to determine type of brake priority" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,011, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Trailer spring brake valve and method of operating the same to determine type of brake priority" was invented by John V Ripley (Elyria, Ohio), Joseph M Macnamara (Ashland, Ohio) and Randy J Salvatora (Columbia Station, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer spring brake valve is provided for a vehicle air braking system. The trailer spring brake valve comprises a number of components arranged to cooperate together to provide type of brake priority based upon trailer weight."

The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 2022, under Application No....