ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,802, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HORIBA. LTD. (Japan).

"Measurement method, and brake dust measurement program instructions" was invented by Yoshinori Otsuki (Darmstadt, Germany), Joel Danzer (Darmstadt, Germany) and Dmytro Lugovyy (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to make it possible to measure a brake dust amount and the like even when a main flow rate is fluctuated, a brake dust measurement device that measures brake dust generated from a brake includes: a main flow path through which a sample gas containing the brake dust flows; a sampling flow path that is connected to a sampling point set in the...