ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,153, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Hydraulic and electromechanical service and parking disc brake" was invented by Paolo Sala (Bergamo, Italy), Martina Truffello (Bergamo, Italy) and Corrado Manzoni (Bergamo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic and electromechanical service and parking disc brake may have a service braking system, having at least one hydraulic actuator, a parking braking system having at least one electromechanical actuator transmission irreversibility, a control system connected to the service braking system and to the parking system and a user interface. A translat...