ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,005, issued on Sept. 23, 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 with a housing body and an armature disk, wherein the armature disk is guided axially via a groove-lug connection in the housing body, and wherein at least one guide groove and at least one associated guide lug are provided, wherein the respective guide groove is preferably arranged in the housing body."
The patent was filed on July 20, 2020, under Applica...