US Patent Issued to KB Intellectual Property on Jan. 13 for "Air disc brake tappet and brake pad backing plate with differently sized interface features" (American, Mexican, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,267, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KB Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Pullach, Germany).

"Air disc brake tappet and brake pad backing plate with differently sized interface features" was invented by Erik W. Oberdorfer (Akron, Ohio), Richard L. Lantz (Clinton, Ohio), Brian Brancatelli (Fairview Park, Ohio), William Schell (Lorain, Ohio), Lonnie F. Cool (Olmsted, Ohio), Prasad Bejgamwar (Pune, India), Juan Manuel Gil Montoya (Monterrey, Mexico) and James A. Seaman (Avon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recess and protrusion features on a brake pad backing plate and an air disc brake tappet create a unique interface that k...