ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,048, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.).
"Load sensing device for electric brake" was invented by Galus Chelaidite (South Lyon, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for an electric brake of a vehicle having a caliper assembly driven by a motor includes a gear train for transferring torque from the motor to the caliper assembly to brake the vehicle. The gear train has an driven gear and a sun gear connected to one another. A load sensing device senses a thrust load applied by the sun gear in response to torque generated by the motor during a braking operation. A controller is conne...