ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,425, issued on March 4, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO FRANCE (Drancy, France).
"Compact electromechanical brake" was invented by Lennart Witte (Strasbourg, France) and Julien Daclat (Lieusaint, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical drum brake comprises two brake segments intended to come into contact with a drum, and at least one actuator configured to apply the segments against the drum, and an electric motor configured to activate the actuator, the actuator comprising at least one member which is movable upon activation of the actuator, the movable member being movable between a braking position and a position...