US Patent Issued to ZF Active Safety on April 7 for "Electromechanical brake having a gas-containing piston chamber" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,831, issued on April 7, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Electromechanical brake having a gas-containing piston chamber" was invented by Heinrich Plewnia (Niederhofen, Germany), Werner Seibert (Kammerforst, Germany), Markus Mallmann (Pfalzfeld, Germany) and Volker Knop (Ulmen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an electromechanical brake for a motor vehicle. The electromechanical brake comprises an actuating piston which is set up to be moved translationally in a direction of a piston axis in order to actuate at least one brake shoe. The electromechanical brake also comprises a ...