ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,719, issued on April 1, was assigned to Konecranes Global Corp. (Hyvinkaa, Finland).
"Electromagnetic brake" was invented by Richard Skorski (Uslar, Germany), Harald Engel (Uslar, Germany) and Thomas Kropke (Wetter, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic brake having a housing body, a friction disk, and at least one compression spring provided in the housing body, wherein the friction disk has a bayonet-type connection to the housing body, wherein the friction disk is secured against rotation relative to the housing body."
The patent was filed on July 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/597,749.
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