ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,327, issued on May 6, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Electromagnetic brake control device and control device" was invented by Takao Uemura (Kusatsu, Japan), Ryuichi Jimbo (Kusatsu, Japan) and Masakazu Matsugami (Ritto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic brake controller for controlling a negative-actuated electromagnetic brake includes an output terminal connectable to the electromagnetic brake and a brake control section that outputs, through the output terminal, a brake control signal to be provided to the electromagnetic brake. The brake control section outputs a brake control signal for releasin...