ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,536, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Disk brake system with single-sided pressure application" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany), Lothar Wagner (Simmern, Germany) and Kai Braun (Friedrichsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a disk brake system for a vehicle, with single-sided pressure application, comprising a brake disk (1) comprising a hub portion (1.1) and a friction ring (1.2), a friction surface (1.3) of the friction ring (1.2) extending between an inner circumferential edge (1.4) and an outer circumferential edge (1.5) of the fri...