ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,133, issued on May 27, was assigned to BPW Bergische Achesen KG (Wiehl, Germany).

"Disk brake and shell assembly for pressure transmission in a brake application device of a disk brake" was invented by Michael Pehle (Wiehl, Germany), Thomas Klaas (Reichshof, Germany) and Andreas Steffen (Lohmar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disk brake including a brake caliper and an application device arranged therein for applying force to the brake pads of the disk brake, wherein a component of the application device is a brake lever which can be actuated by a force element and preferably by a pressure cylinder and is composed of a lever ...