ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,318, issued on April 15, was assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
"Device component having a magnetorheological brake device" was invented by Stefan Battlogg (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device component has a magnetorheological brake device with a static holder and with two brake components. A first brake component is rotationally fixedly to the holder and extends in an axial direction. A second brake component has a hollow, rotary part which is rotatable about the first brake component. An encircling gap between the first and second brake components is filled with a magnetorhe...