US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on June 30 for "Brake assembly" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,158, issued on June 30, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Brake assembly" was invented by William E Pajak (Chesterton, Ind.) and Jonathan T. Beehler (Bremen, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake assembly includes a heat sink, a piston, and a retraction plate. The retraction plate defines a lumen. The piston is mechanically separated from the retraction plate and configured to extend through the lumen defined by the retraction plate to contact the heat sink during a braking operation. The piston is configured to contact the heat sink prior to the retraction plate contacting the heat sink during th...