ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,394, issued on June 10, was assigned to CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Parking brake control method for electromechanical brake system of urban rail vehicle" was invented by Rui Shi (Nanjing, China), Yifan Liang (Nanjing, China), Meng Shi (Nanjing, China), Xiaowei Chen (Nanjing, China), Shenyue Huang (Nanjing, China) and Nan Wang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking brake control method for an electromechanical brake system of an urban rail vehicle includes an operation instruction mechanism, a brake control mechanism, an electromechanical actuating mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism. The operat...