ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,266, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MEI Brakes Ltd. (Sheffield, Great Britain).
"Air disc brake for a road vehicle" was invented by Paul Roberts (Monmouth, Great Britain), Jonathan Jackson (Ross-on-Wye, Great Britain) and Adrian Kinder (Newport, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air disc brake for a road vehicle is proposed, having a mechanism for causing retraction of the brake pads when the brakes are no longer applied, to avoid parasitic drag caused by continued contact of the brake pads against the brake disc. The proposed mechanism includes a pin located in a fixed position relative to one brake pad, and extend...