ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,221, issued on July 1, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Method for reducing pressure peaks in hydraulic braking systems and braking system therefor" was invented by Aleksandar Stanojkovski (Kleinostheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing pressure peaks in hydraulic brake systems comprises an electrically operated pressurization device. A drive resistance variable of the pressurization device is measured, for example the torque. A speed variable of the pressurization device is measured. A quotient of the drive resistance variable and the speed variable is calculat...