ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,072, issued on March 24, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).
"Converter motor having a braking resistor" was invented by Ralph Mayer (Ubstadt-Weiher, Germany), Franz Daminger (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Steffen Klauck (Kronau, Germany) and Marc Stammberger (Knittlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converter motor includes a braking resistor, and an electric motor with a junction box. The junction box is formed from a bottom part and a cover placed on the bottom part, and a printed circuit board of the converter is fastened to the cover. A braking resistor is thermally conductively conn...