US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Oct. 7 for "Vehicle inspection with parking brake assist" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,671, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Vehicle inspection with parking brake assist" was invented by Alexander J Augoustidis (Avon Lake, Ohio), Chitti Kolli (Avon, Ohio), Jeremy Beaulieu (Avon, Ohio) and Anthony M Pitts (Avon Lake, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system including a pre-trip inspection algorithm includes a service brake controller for controlling service brakes at a plurality of wheel ends of a vehicle and for monitoring a change of state of the vehicle, a parking brake controller for controlling parking brakes at a plurality of wheel ends and in commun...