ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,599, issued on March 11, was assigned to HIT THE BRAKES LLC (Avon, Ohio).
"Hydraulic regenerative braking system" was invented by Robert James Sikorski (New Franklin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic regenerative braking system is provided for using hydraulic fluid to capture energy from a vehicle during a braking event. The system captures kinetic energy from a shaft of the vehicle and stores the kinetic energy as hydraulic potential energy. That is, the system captures rotational energy as hydraulic potential energy in an accumulator. The hydraulic regenerative braking system also discharges the hydraulic potential ...