US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme for Nutzfahrzeuge on Oct. 21 for "Electronically controlled operating brake system having backup control pressure generated on a basis of an additional compressed air consumer circuit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,940, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme for Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Electronically controlled operating brake system having backup control pressure generated on a basis of an additional compressed air consumer circuit" was invented by Falk Hecker (Markgroeningen, Germany), Oliver Jundt (Hessigheim, Germany) and Friedbert Roether (Cleebronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically controlled pneumatic operating brake system, having a backup control pressure for a pneumatic fall back level, wherein the backup control pressure is generated from a compressed air supply which is independent from...