US Patent Issued to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES on June 16 for "Tangential force sensor for a brake caliper" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,658, issued on June 16, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"Tangential force sensor for a brake caliper" was invented by Marco Pagni (Los Angeles) and Joeri ter Hofstede (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for measuring force applied to brake calipers by brake pads by a sensor configured to be positioned between the caliper and the brake pad. The systems and methods herein may include a processor configured to receive output signals from the sensor and process the signals to generate data regarding the force applied to the caliper and determine a torque gen...