ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,906, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AUMOVIO Germany GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Method for monitoring an electrically operated brake, and brake arrangement" was invented by Jurgen Bohm (Oberneisen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring an electrically actuated brake comprises ascertaining a base friction and a mechanical efficiency of the brake. An expected residual application force is determined based on the base friction and the mechanical efficiency of the brake. If the residual application force is at least as high as a threshold value, an error message is issued. An associated brake arrang...