ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,130, issued on March 18, was assigned to COFREN S.R.L. (Avellino, Italy) and POLI S.R.L. (Camisano, Italy).
"Vehicle disc brake" was invented by Vittorio De Soccio (Avellino, Italy), Giuseppe Russo (Avellino, Italy) and Roberto Boffelli (Camisano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pad for disc brakes for railway vehicles includes a base plate, a plurality of friction elements fixed to the base plate, and a plurality of spacers, each of which is mounted between the base plate and a respective friction element. At least one fixing hole is obtained in each one of the spacers, which is engaged by a respective rivet to lock the fric...