ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,136, issued on May 27, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Ventilated brake rotor" was invented by Gianluigi Maronati (Curno, Italy) and Alberto Bosis (Curno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilated brake rotor rotationally associated with a vehicle element to be braked, having a rotation axis and defining an axial direction, parallel to or coinciding with the rotation axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction and a circumferential direction, perpendicular to both the axial and radial directions, has a cup-shaped body having at least one ventilation opening passing through a cup-shaped body ...