ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,401, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH (St. Anton, i.M., Austria).
"Magnetorheological braking device" was invented by Stefan Battlogg (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetorheological braking device has two braking components that are continuously rotatable relative to one another. A first braking component extends in the axial direction and the second braking component includes a hollow casing extending around the first braking component. A peripheral gap is filled with a magnetorheological medium. The first braking component has an electric coil and a magnetically conductive co...