ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,940, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH (Haiger / Kalteiche, Germany).
"Brake system for use in shaft and inclined conveyor systems" was invented by Sergei Starklow (Haiger / Kalteiche, Germany) and Sergej August (Haiger / Kalteiche, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system for use in shaft and inclined conveyor systems in mining, with several brake channels for releasing or applying brake force generators to provided braking surfaces (2), wherein a first main pressure control path and a second secondary pressure control path, which is activated in the event of a fault in the main pressure control pat...