ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,079, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hannover, Germany).
"Device for activating a wheel brake of a vehicle, and method for activating the wheel brake" was invented by Peter Stauder (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Marco Besier (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in a device for activating a wheel brake of a vehicle, having a tensioning installation which has a spindle drive, are two electric motors, the first electric motor by way of a first gear mechanism acting bi-directionally on the spindle drive. In order for the position of the tensioning installation,...