ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,049, issued on June 23, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Brake device, industrial robot and method" was invented by Axel Johansson (Solna, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device including a first device; a brake element having a first frictional brake surface and an engageable structure; a second device movable relative to the first device; a second frictional brake surface; a force device arranged to press the first frictional brake surface and the second frictional brake surface against each other with a pressing force; and an actuator connected to the first device, the actuator including an engag...