ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,137, issued on May 27, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Drive device for a braking system, and braking system" was invented by Claus Oehler (Karlsruhe, Germany), Holger Seeg (Brackenheim, Germany), Janos Tamas Csoti (Erligheim, Germany) and Mark Boehm (Lehrensteinsfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a braking system of a motor vehicle. The drive device includes a housing and an electric machine that includes a rotatably supported drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected or connectable to an actuator element of the braking system via a planet wheel gear situated in the housing. The ...