US Patent Issued to ZF Active Safety on Sept. 23 for "Method and technology for detecting and releasing iced-up brake linings of an electric parking brake" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,763, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Kobienz, Germany).

"Method and technology for detecting and releasing iced-up brake linings of an electric parking brake" was invented by Benedikt Ohlig (Vallendar, Germany), Thomas Hein (Neuwied, Germany) and Michael Bergmann (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a state of a brake lining on a wheel brake of a brake system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The wheel brake has an electromechanical brake actuator which is designed to build up a force, such as a braking force, acting on a brake disc of the brake system by pressing the br...