ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,992, issued on March 17, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Brake device, drive unit, and industrial device" was invented by Axel Johansson (Solna, Sweden) and Jonas Larsson (Vasteras, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device including a first device having a shaft; a brake element having a first frictional brake surface and an engageable structure; a second device rotatable relative to the first device about a rotation axis, the second device including a second member having an opening, a second frictional brake surface, and a forcing member pre-tensioned to force the second frictional brake surface a...