ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,904, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Vehicle brake actuator and electromechanical brake" was invented by Volker Knop (Ulmen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a vehicle brake actuator and an electromechanical brake. The vehicle brake actuator comprises a brake housing, a spindle drive which is arranged in the brake housing and which has a spindle and a spindle nut mounted on the spindle, and a brake piston and a pot sleeve. The brake piston is movable between a retracted and a deployed position in order to apply a brake pad to a brake rotor. The brake pist...