ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,370, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Disc brake caliper" was invented by Marco Radaelli (Curno, Italy), Raffaele Milanese (Curno, Italy), Andrea Mecocci (Curno, Italy), Tomasz Woloszyn (Curno, Italy) and Alberto Bosis (Curno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake caliper has a caliper body arranged straddling a brake disc having a rotation axis defining an axial direction and opposite friction surfaces, pads accommodated in the caliper body, a cylinder forming a cylindrical wall and a bottom wall, a piston, and a parking-braking system having a rotating member accommodated within a rota...