ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,991, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Exosent Engineering LLC (Navasota, Texas).

"Side mounted air supply for wheel lift independent of vehicle air brake" was invented by Gerald Pearson (College Station, Texas), Yuval Doron (Navasota, Texas) and Manuel Gutierrez (Navasota, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a vehicle having independent fluid reservoirs for a fluid-activated brake system and at least one auxiliary fluid consumer. In an illustrative example, a first reservoir may be mounted above a chassis and outboard of a vehicle such that longitudinal axes of the reservoir and the vehic...