US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US on June 2 for "Load sensing device for electric brake" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,523, issued on June 2, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.).

"Load sensing device for electric brake" was invented by Galus Chelaidite (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for an electric brake of a vehicle having a caliper assembly driven by a motor includes a gear train for transferring torque from the motor to the caliper assembly to brake the vehicle. The gear train has an input gear and a sun gear connected to one another. A load sensing device senses relative rotation between the sun gear and the input gear in response to rotation of the motor during a braking operation. A controller...