ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,521, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Electromechanical brake interlock" was invented by Marc J Georgin (Oakwood, Ohio), Gregory M Hickey (Bellbrook, Ohio), Paul R Burte (Clayton, Ohio) and Eric G Stein (Dayton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical brake system is disclosed herein. The electromechanical brake system includes an electromechanical brake actuator, an electronic brake actuator controller coupled to the electromechanical brake actuator, and an interlock. The electromechanical brake actuator includes an actuator motor configured to turn and apply a commanded clamping...