ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,408, issued on June 10, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle" was invented by Frank Baehrle-Miller (Schoenaich, Germany) and Benjamin Heer (Backnang, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle. The brake system includes at least one service brake and a transmission device having an output rod, by way of which a braking force is transmitted to the at least one service brake. The brake system further includes at least one parking brake having a trigger device for activating the at least one parking brake. T...