ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,265, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Drum brake system with two tension springs" 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 present invention relates drum brake system, comprising a back plate assembly and a brake drum (1) that is rotatable with respect to the back plate assembly, the back plate assembly comprising: a back plate (2); two brake shoes (3, 3'), the two brake shoes (3, 3') being pivotably connected to the back plate (2), pivot axes (4, 4') of the brake shoe...