ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,451, issued on May 20, 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 actuation device that may actuate a first piston-cylinder unit to apply pressure medium to at least one brake circuit via a valve device, where a piston of the first piston-cylinder unit separate first and second working chambers; a second piston-cylinder unit, having an electromotive drive and a transmission to feed pressure medium to at least one of the b...