ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,224, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).
"Magnetic hysteresis brake with reduced elastic return" was invented by Hugo Hanini (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Blaise Lapotre (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Julien Argenton (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Remi-Louis Lawniczak (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic hysteresis brake (10), comprising at least a first member (11.1) carrying first magnets (17.1) and a second member (12) made of magnetic material, each first magnet having a first surface (15.1) facing a first surface (14) of the second member (12) in order to generate a firs...