US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge on April 21 for "Method for determining a braking distance" (Hungarian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,145, issued on April 21, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH (Germany).

"Method for determining a braking distance" was invented by Miklos Kremer (Budapest, Hungary), Ferenc Szekely (Taborfalva, Hungary), Falk Haehle (Germering, Germany) and Kiana Rahnema (Dachau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a braking distance of a vehicle, wherein a coefficient of friction (COF)actual between a brake lining and a brake disc is calculated as a function of a tensioning force Fd, a vehicle velocity V and a temperature of the frictional layer Tdisc, wherein the temperature of the frictiona...