ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,460, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BECORIT GmbH (Recklinghausen, Germany).
"Brake lining system and sensor unit" was invented by Fred Keller (Haltern am See, Germany), Tomas Tot (Ennepetal, Germany) and Jan Fuser (Bonen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake lining system for a disc brake of a rail vehicle is shown and described, with a pad holder and with at least one brake pad connected to the pad holder, preferably with two brake pads, and with a sensor device with a sensor unit having at least one wear sensor for determining a state of wear of the brake pad."
The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2022, under Application ...