ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,800, issued on June 17, was assigned to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Disc brake" was invented by Paul Thomas (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain), Sean Cleary (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain), Martin Taylor (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain), Hywel Woodward (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain), Timothy Smith (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain), Simon Duggan (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain) and Alex Szafnauer (Cwmbran Gwent, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake assembly that includes first and second brake pads for contacting a rotor, a brake carrier for receiving at least the first brake pad, a brake ...