ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,050, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Brake drum assembly with dust collection via through holes" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a brake drum assembly for braking at least one vehicle wheel that rotates about a rotation axis, the brake drum assembly comprising: a brake drum configured to rotate about the rotation axis and having a ring section extending circumferentially about the rotation axis and an end wall section extending at an angle to the rotation axis, the brake drum having an inner surface bounding at le...