ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,723, issued on May 20, was assigned to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Caliper for opposed piston type disc brake" was invented by Takuhiko Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a caliper for an opposed piston type disc brake including: an inner body including a pair of attachment boss portions; an outer body; and a pair of side bridges connecting, in the axial direction, end portions of the inner body on both outer sides in the circumferential direction and end portions of the outer body on both outer sides in the circumferential direction. At least one of the pair of side bridges includes a concave ...