US Patent Issued to Brembo on Sept. 23 for "Spring, spring assembly and brake pad, caliper body assembly" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,007, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).

"Spring, spring assembly and brake pad, caliper body assembly" was invented by Cristian Crippa (Curno, Italy) and Mauro Mambretti (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring for a caliper body where the spring may be shaped to be arranged straddling a brake disc for applying an elastic action on at least one brake pad to bias it away from said brake disc. The spring may have a first thrust portion and a second thrust portion adapted to apply an elastic action on at least one brake pad, biasing the brake pad at least away from the brake disc. The spring ...