US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on March 25 for "Shared reservoir for service brake circuits" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,986, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Shared reservoir for service brake circuits" was invented by David W. Howell (Oak Ridge, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a leak occurs in one service circuit of a multi-circuit braking system, the leak can prevent replenishing the non-leaking service reservoir. To address this problem, a shared backup reservoir can be used to replenish the non-leaking service reservoir. A valve can be used to allow flow from the backup reservoir to whichever service reservoir is under higher pressure, as low pressure would indicate a leak. Addition...