ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,942, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for testing the functional capability of a hydraulic vehicle braking system" was invented by Carsten Thierer (Abstatt, Germany), Rolf-Hermann Mergenthaler (Leonberg, Germany), Otmar Bussmann (Abstatt, Germany), Peter Ziegler (Grossbottwar, Germany) and Tim-Philipp Jesse (Sachsenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For testing the functional capability of a hydraulic power vehicle braking system, a power brake pressure generator is switched on. The power brake pressure generator displaces brake fluid through the non-actuated master brake cy...