ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,390, issued on June 10, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Non-return valve for a hydraulic vehicle power brake system, and hydraulic vehicle power brake system" was invented by Andreas Weh (Sulzberg, Germany) and Martin Hagspiel (Rettenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-return valve having a valve opening spring is positioned between an unpressurized brake fluid reservoir and a brake master cylinder of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system having an externally-powered brake pressure generator. The non-return valve allows for a flow-through in the direction of the brake master cylinder and block...