US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Feb. 3 for "Foot brake module with a guiding feature on a relay piston" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,682, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Foot brake module with a guiding feature on a relay piston" was invented by Kristina Carbaugh (Lakewood, Ohio), Christopher L Brubaker (Lakewood, Ohio), Joel Alvarado (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Mark B. Rottinger (North Ridgeville, Ohio) and Brian J. Riley (New London, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly is provided comprising: an air supply port; an air delivery port; a guide sleeve; and a piston positioned in the guide sleeve and movable between first and second positions to allow air to flow from the air supply port to the air del...