ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,008, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).

"Method for controlling the deceleration of a vehicle and a braking system" was invented by Valerio Galizzi (Curno, Italy), Martina Truffello (Curno, Italy), Francesco Dozzi (Curno, Italy), Luca Ugolini (Curno, Italy), Fabrizio Forni (Curno, Italy) and Davide Paolini (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling deceleration of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a braking system having a braking actuation lever, a braking actuator, and at least one braking device. The method involves measuring a current lever position of the braking ac...