ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,278, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Actuating unit, brake booster, vehicle brake system and subassembly therefor" was invented by Kurt Wingender (Hartenfels, Germany) and Daniel Schwarz (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating unit for a brake booster of a vehicle is disclosed, the actuating unit having a housing and a force transmission module which is received displaceably in the housing. The force transmission module has a first force transmission element, a second force transmission element which is couplable or coupled to the first force transmission element so ...