US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO FRANCE on July 1 for "Disc brake comprising at least one elastic return spring for a brake pad, elastic return spring, replacement kit and mounting method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,305, issued on July 1, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO FRANCE (Drancy, France).

"Disc brake comprising at least one elastic return spring for a brake pad, elastic return spring, replacement kit and mounting method" was invented by Ange Kongo Konde (Angers, France), Xavier Labarre (Saint Georges du Bois, France), Didier Esnee (Le Mans, France), Jean-Louis Bonnec (Les Ponts de Ce, France) and Fabien Chaigneau (Rochefort sur Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic return spring for axially returning a brake pad of an automotive disc brake from an active position to an inactive position, the spring being intended to be inte...