ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,539, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Nut trapping two-piece piston" was invented by Philip Nathanael Jedele (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system comprising: (a) a caliper housing connected to or formed with a piston housing; (b) a piston having a piston face seated in a piston main, wherein the piston is at least partially secured within the piston housing; and (c) a ball and nut assembly (BNA) adapted to move the piston face relative to the piston main to engage a brake pad of the brake system."
The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/959...