ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,759, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle brake system" was invented by Eisuke Horii (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Iwasaki (Tokyo), Yohei Sato (Tokyo), Tomoaki Kotaki (Tokyo), Masayuki Ueno (Tokyo), Shotaro Yamazaki (Tokyo) and Atsuki Ohira (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle brake system includes a first fluid pressure generating device for generating a fluid pressure according to a brake operating amount, a second fluid pressure generating device for generating a fluid pressure by moving a piston with an electric actuator, and a switching valve switchable between a first state allowing communica...