US Patent Issued to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY on April 22 for "Motor gear unit for disc brake apparatus and disc brake apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,753, issued on April 22, was assigned to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Motor gear unit for disc brake apparatus and disc brake apparatus" was invented by Michio Suzuki (Tokyo), Takeshi Kuroki (Tokyo) and Shinichi Yamadera (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor gear unit for a disc brake apparatus is provided. A speed reduction mechanism is connected to a first connection portion of a motor shaft of an electric motor. A non-excited operation type brake is connected to a second connection portion of the motor shaft. In a state where the disc brake apparatus is attached to a vehicle body, the motor shaft is disposed so...