ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,037, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A. (Piossasco, Italy).

"Vehicle braking assembly" was invented by Roberto Tione (Lauriano, Italy), Andrea Cavazzin (Turin, Italy) and Angelo Grasso (Canelli, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a supply valve disposed between a chamber and a pressure source, a discharge valve disposed between the chamber and an external atmosphere, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The first control unit coupled with the supply valve by a first switch and with the discharge valve by a second switch. The first control unit outputting signals to the...