ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,761, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV (Brussels).

"Parking brake assembly with abs control for each individual wheel" was invented by Julian Van Thiel (Grossburgwedel, Germany) and Uwe Bensch (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking brake assembly for an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a vehicle includes a parking brake unit having a supply connection to receive a supply pressure, a brake request connection to receive a parking brake request, and a parking brake pressure connection to provide a parking brake pressure. The parking brake assembly further includes a...