ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,679, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Hydraulic block for a hydraulic unit of a hydraulic power vehicle braking system" was invented by Alexander Bareiss (Immenstadt, Germany), Andreas Weh (Sulzberg, Germany), Juergen Tandler (Fuessen, Germany) and Martin Hagspiel (Rettenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cuboidal hydraulic block of a hydraulic unit of a hydraulic power vehicle braking system. The cuboidal hydraulic block is for fastening optionally with one fastening side or an opposite fastening side to a splashboard of a motor vehicle, so that the hydraulic unit may be housed op...