ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,144, issued on July 8, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Housing device and plunger for a brake device for a vehicle, brake device and method for operating a brake device" was invented by Friedbert Roether (Cleebronn, Germany) and Thilo Schmauder (Tamm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing device for a brake device for a vehicle, including: a piston chamber for accommodating a plunger, which is movable linearly in the piston chamber by an actuation by a driver; and a sensor chamber, which is separated from the piston chamber, and which includes a sensor unit, which is configured to det...