ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,644, issued on March 31, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Bearing device for bearing an armature body of an electromagnetic switching or valve device, and electromagnetic switching or valve device" was invented by Ralf Woerner (Tiefenbronn, Germany) and Friedbert Roether (Cleebronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing device for fixing and bearing an armature body of an electromagnetic-switching or valve device in a pretensioned manner using a force, including a bearing-force-generating-element (BFGE) for generating a pretensioning-force for bearing the armature-body (AB) and a tra...