ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,649, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Brake piston for a vehicle disc brake assembly having inner groove for structural noise dampening" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a brake piston for a vehicle disc brake assembly, the brake piston comprising: an at least partially hollow main body portion extending along a longitudinal axis; an end face portion extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis and having an radially outer annular portion; wherein a circumferentially extending inner groove is provided at an inner surf...