ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,882, issued on May 13, was assigned to COFREN S.R.L (Avellino, Italy).
"Blocks for wheel brakes" was invented by Vittorio De Soccio (Benevento, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A block for wheel brakes comprising a friction portion, in which a friction surface is defined, which, in use, acts upon a peripheral surface of a wheel in order to carry out the braking action, a support plate, which is fixed, in an irreversible manner, to a surface of the friction portion opposite the friction surface, and a base plate, which is fixed to the support plate and comprises a coupling element to fix the block as a whole to a brake system. The...