ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,331, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).
"Drum brake assembly with brake liner integrated into brake drum" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany), Kai Braun (Friedrichsdorf, Germany) and Lothar Wagner (Simmern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns a Drum brake assembly (10) for a motor vehicle,the drum brake assembly (10) having: a brake drum housing (16); at least one brake shoe (26); a brake lining (18);wherein the brake lining (18) is arranged at an inner circumferential face (24) of the brake drum housing (16) and the brake shoe (26) is displaceable ...