ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,162, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Ball screw drive for an actuator group" was invented by Marco Becker (Oberduerenbach, Germany), Michael Weins (Muenstermaifeld, Germany), Jonathan Bockmuehl (Melsbach, Germany) and Christophe Jean Daniel Beyer (Weitersburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball screw drive for an actuator assembly of a vehicle brake is disclosed, having a rotatably mounted recirculating ball screw spindle, on which a spindle nut open on one side is mounted. At least one thread groove is formed on the circumferential surface of the recirculating ball screw spind...