ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,109, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Disc brake for vehicle" was invented by Tomohiro Doi (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Shota Uehara (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake for a vehicle capable of suppressing uneven abrasion of a lining of a friction pad depending on the rigidity of a caliper body and the material of the lining of the friction pad and capable of easily changing an operation feeling. In this disc brake for a vehicle, an inlet-side torque transmitting member 7 for receiving a braking torque of a friction pad 4 and an outlet-side torque transmitting membe...