ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,127, issued on July 29, was assigned to CMBF Products Inc. (Waukesha, Wis.).
"Brake system for mine trucks" was invented by Chris Davis (Hinckley, Ohio), Kyle Hummel (Hudson, Ohio) and Edwin Zak (Grafton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system includes a series of rotors for operatively coupling to a shaft and stators for operatively coupling to a frame. A service brake system includes a singular annular service piston extending continuously around the series of rotors and stators and a parking brake system includes a singular annular parking piston positioned to extend continuously around the series of rotors and stators...