US Patent Issued to ZF Active Safety on July 1 for "Braking device having an actuatable member, and a method for operating a braking device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,331, issued on July 1, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Braking device having an actuatable member, and a method for operating a braking device" was invented by Roman Bechmann (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a braking device having an actuatable member, an electromagnetic coil having at least two coil windings, which can be energized independently of one another and which are each designed to generate a magnetic force for the actuatable member in an actuating direction in an energized state, and a resetting element, which exerts a force on the actuatable member in a ...