ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,411, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH (Koblenz, Germany) and ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.).

"Method for operating a vehicle brake system, and vehicle brake system" was invented by Joerg Knieper (Vallendar, Germany), Kraig Gerber (Plymouth, Mich.), Marco Becker (Oberduerenbach, Germany), Peter Maeurer (Koblenz, Germany) and Paul Wecker (Limburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle brake system and to a vehicle brake system, wherein the vehicle brake system comprises at least one hydraulic vehicle brake (10), having a brake caliper (12), ha...