ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,062, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Electric motor with internal brake assembly" was invented by Daniel Henry Roberts (Monrovia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor-brake assembly includes a housing within which a rotor assembly, a stator assembly, and a brake assembly are disposed. The brake assembly is operable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The rotor assembly is axially movable within the housing and is supported by bearings supporting both radial and axial loads. When the motor stator is de-energized, the brake assembly is in the engaged state to pr...