ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,132, issued on March 18, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Caliper body for a brake caliper" was invented by Andrea Mecocci (Curno, Italy), Giuseppe Spigapiena (Curno, Italy) and Mauro Mambretti (Curno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A caliper body for a brake caliper for a disc brake, arranged straddling a disc, has a first elongated portion configured to face a first braking surface of the disc by interposing at least one first brake pad, a second elongated portion, opposite the first elongated portion and configured to face a second braking surface of the disc by interposing at least one second brake pad. A c...