ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,223, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Brake system and method for braking a vehicle" was invented by Frank Overzier (Tiefenbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for braking a vehicle. The method includes: sensing a braking request signal which represents a target deceleration of the vehicle; generating, using a first pressure generating device, a hydraulic brake pressure in a wheel-brake cylinder based on the sensed braking request signal; detecting a fault state of the first pressure generating device; ascertaining a replacement braking request signal if a fault state of th...