US Patent Issued to Faiveley Transport Italia on Oct. 14 for "Electromechanical braking actuator for a vehicle, particularly for at least one railway vehicle, and braking system" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,289, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A. (Piossasco, Italy).

"Electromechanical braking actuator for a vehicle, particularly for at least one railway vehicle, and braking system" was invented by Roberto Tione (Lauriano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical braking actuator for a vehicle, particularly for a railway vehicle, is described, which comprises a safety unit arranged to receive an electrical position signal, the value of which is indicative of the position of braking force application means along a translation axis; to determine an instantaneous position of braking force ap...