ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,268, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG. (Pasching, Austria).
"Electromechanical drive" was invented by Stefano Speziali (Foligno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical drive includes a motor, a rotational part rotatable by the motor about a rotational axis, and a braking device that can be actuated between a braking position and a released position, the braking device having a brake disc that rotates with the rotational part and a braking element that can be adjusted in the axial direction and acts on the brake disc in the braking position. The brake disc has an inner area, ...