ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,681, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Electromechanical brake system and method for releasing an electro-mechanical brake system" was invented by Michael Blessing (Munich), Andreas Buch (Taufkirchen, Germany), Csaba Kokrehel (Budapest, Hungary), Csaba Mlinarcsek (Budapest, Hungary), Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary), Wolfgang Pahle (Bad Wiessee, Germany) and Janos Szabo (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical brake system has a brake actuator with a power transmission for transmitting an actuating force to a brake pad. The power transmission includes...