US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Europe on March 11 for "Valve arrangement of an air suspension system of a vehicle and method for controlling such an air suspension system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,571, issued on March 11, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).

"Valve arrangement of an air suspension system of a vehicle and method for controlling such an air suspension system" was invented by Helge Westerkamp (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve arrangement of a vehicle's air suspension system has a pressure generator with a two-stage compressor drivable by an electric motor, an air dryer, and a switchover valve. A main line is connected to the pressure generator and branches into at least two first axle lines. Two bellows lines per vehicle axle each branch off from one of the first axle lines...