ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,346, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).
"Electropneumatic valve assembly, electropneumatic brake system, commercial vehicle" was invented by Julian van Thiel (Grossburgwedel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electropneumatic valve assembly is provided for actuating a parking brake function of an electropneumatic brake system of a commercial vehicle. The assembly includes a parking brake valve unit which receives supply pressure via a supply pressure path. A pneumatically self-holding trailer valve unit is connected to the supply pressure path and has a pneumatically switchable t...