US Patent Issued to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES on June 17 for "Braking assembly for applying a controllable braking force to a rotatable joint" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,293, issued on June 17, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"Braking assembly for applying a controllable braking force to a rotatable joint" was invented by Phil Churchill (Hubbardston, Mass.), Beth A. Marcus (Bedford, Mass.) and Hunter Sawyer (Beverly, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotatable joints may include one or more braking assemblies. The one or more braking assemblies may control a degree of movement of the rotatable joint to provide a range of damping. In some instances, the braking assemblies may include brake band(s) that tighten and loosen around a hub, or other rotatable member of the rotatable j...