ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,987, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Brake assembly" was invented by Alex Szafnauer (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Sean Cleary (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Tim Smith (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Anthony Williams (Cwmbran, Great Britain) and Paul Thomas (Cwmbran, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake assembly including a caliper that has a first guide bore, a brake carrier arranged to receive a brake pad, a first guide pin secured to the brake carrier, and a first lock arrangement. The first lock arrangement is operable to selectively inhibit relative sliding bet...