ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,536, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).
"Electromagnetic actuator, in particular electromagnetic switching or valve device" was invented by Ralf Woerner (Tiefenbronn, Germany), Friedbert Roether (Cleebronn, Germany) and Benjamin Jensen (Grossbottwar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic-actuator (EA) including a coil-element (CE) having a coil-core (CC)/coil arranged about the CC-circumference. The CC has a symmetrical first-region (FR) having an axis-of-symmetry (AOS), the CC being surrounded by the coil, and a movable-magnetic-armature-body (MM AB) as a mov...