ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,376, issued on June 10, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for controlling a pedal lever of a hydraulic power brake" was invented by Frank Overzier (Tiefenbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a pedal lever of a hydraulic power brake for an at least partially automated mobile platform. In the method, the pedal lever acts mechanically on a master brake cylinder, and the pedal lever is mechanically coupled to an actuator. The method includes: providing a first signal to a control unit for the power brake for the purpose of controlling the pedal lever so as to move same into ...