ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,108, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Braking system and vehicle having the braking system" was invented by Kerim Florian Huge (Lippstadt, Germany), Andreas Mueller (Lippstadt, Germany), Fabian Utermoehlen (Lippstadt, Germany) and Claus Viethen (Erwitte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for a vehicle, having a brake pedal, a position sensor unit for determining position data regarding an actuation distance and/or a pivot angle of the brake pedal of the vehicle, a force sensor unit for determining force data regarding an operating force with which the brake pedal ...