ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,767, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Brake control system" was invented by Zoltan Toth (Budapest, Hungary), Gabor Toth (Budaors, Hungary), Oliver Udvardy (Budapest, Hungary) and Richard Budafoki (Gyor, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake control system for issuing an early warning about a malfunction of a brake of a vehicle, in which the brake is configured to receive a brake signal and to perform a braking process after receiving the brake signal. The vehicle includes a sensor to generate sensor data, indicative of an actuation force of the brake. The brake cont...