US Patent Issued to Brembo on Nov. 18 for "Cast iron, in particular for components of disc brakes" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,617, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).

"Cast iron, in particular for components of disc brakes" was invented by Bozena Dudzik (Bergamo, Italy), Mariusz Bieronski (Bergamo, Italy) and Fabiano Carminati (Bergamo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention consists of a gray cast iron comprising carbon, silicon, vanadium, manganese, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, copper, sulfur, phosphorous, tin and titanium, wherein: the percentage by weight of carbon is from 3.70 to 3.90%; the percentage by weight of silicon is from 1.30 to 2.10%; the percentage by weight of vanadium is from 0.10 to 0.15%; the p...