ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,103, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Brake pad" was invented by Florian Weichert (Wiesbaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a brake pad for a disk brake, comprising a backplate, and a friction layer with a friction surface configured for engaging with a brake disk. The friction layer has a pressure groove, the pressure groove extending from a leading edge of the friction layer. The pressure groove is delimited by the friction surface on an outer circumferential side, and on in inner circumferential side, and on a trailing side, and is open on a leadin...