ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,151, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to IPGATE AG (Pfaffikon, Switzerland).
"Packaging for a brake system" was invented by Thomas Leiber (Rogoznica, Croatia) and Heinz Leiber (Oberriexingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation device for a hydraulically operating brake system may include: a master cylinder in a housing and having at least one piston, to which a force can be applied by, e.g., a brake pedal; pressure supply device(s), at least one of which is a piston pump or double stroke piston pump having a piston and driven by an electromotive drive, the drive moving the piston directly or via a step-up gear; at lea...