ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,319, issued on July 22, was assigned to IPGATE AG (Pfaffikon, Switzerland).

"Brake system" was invented by Heinz Leiber (Oberriexingen, Germany), Anton Van Zanten (Ditzingen, Germany) and Thomas Leiber (Rogoznica, Croatia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system may include an actuating device, in particular a brake pedal; a first piston-cylinder unit having two pistons subjecting the brake circuits to a pressure medium via a valve device, wherein one of the pistons can be actuated by the actuation device; a second piston-cylinder unit having an electric motor drive, a transmission at least one piston to supply at least one of t...