ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,011, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).
"Braking band of a disk for disk brake" was invented by Salvatore Giammarinaro (Curno, Italy), Stefano Medici (Curno, Italy), Simone Biondo (Curno, Italy) and Fabiano Carminati (Curno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking band having an annular band body arranged around a rotation axis and made of one of gray cast iron, steel, aluminum or alloys thereof, has at least one braking surface having an activated band body portion for increasing adhesive capacity of at least one protective surface coating placed on the surface of the activated band body portion ...