ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,126, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HB Performance Systems Inc. (Mequon, Wis.).
"Brake assembly" was invented by Steve R. Fiacchino (Port Washington, Wis.), Andrew J. Doubek (Grafton, Wis.) and Peter E. True (West Bend, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake assembly for use with a rotating shaft such as on the wheel of a vehicle or on industrial equipment. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad, a second brake pad, a lever having a plurality of concave surfaces and corresponding plurality of convex surface, a bracket, a ball bearing moveable into and out of each of the plurality of concave surfaces and a spacer posit...