ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,481, issued on Feb. 17.
"Brake device" was invented by Thomas Birmanns (Balingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device including a brake unit; a contact device engageable by the brake unit and movable relative to the brake unit, wherein the brake unit includes at least one activation device and at least one brake member that includes a transmission member and a brake shoe that is pivotably supported in a pivot bearing at an end of the at least one brake member, wherein the at least one activation device engages the transmission member to move the at least one brake member towards the contact device until the brake sh...