ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,525, issued on June 2, was assigned to AVL LIST GMBH (Graz, Austria).
"Measuring rim for collecting abraded brake particles" was invented by Michael Peter Huber (Graz, Austria), Peter Fischer (Garsten, Austria), Martin Kupper (Graz, Austria) and Andreas Klug (Semriach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aim of the invention is to allow a reliable quantification and classification of brake abrasion of a brake system of a vehicle and simultaneously reduce the complexity in a practical application. This is achieved by a measuring rim with a rim interior, in which a collecting housing is arranged that extends in the circumferentia...