ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,700, issued on July 15, was assigned to Warner Electric Technology LLC (Braintree, Mass.).
"Brake with integrated motor position sensor" was invented by Eric Volant (Denee, France), Jonathan Matthew Volk (West Haven, Conn.), Kevin Rousseau (Briollay, France) and Bryan Trim (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake includes a rotor rotatably coupled to a rotating body for rotation about a rotational axis. A brake plate and an armature are disposed on opposite sides of the rotor. A spring and an electromagnet urge the armature in opposite directions into and out of engagement with the rotor to move the rotor into and o...