ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,218, issued on July 1, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Method for controlling the deceleration of a vehicle and braking system therefor" was invented by Thomas Dieckmann (Pattensen, Germany) and Florian Schwagmeyer (Uetze-Dollbergen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to a method for controlling the deceleration of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a central control unit, a first brake circuit for a rear axle and a second brake circuit for a front axle. In the method, in the event of an electronically requested deceleration request below a predefined deceleration thr...