ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,771, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) and Breyden GmbH (Breidenbach, Germany).
"Friction brake body, friction brake, and method for producing a friction brake body" was invented by Christian Schnatterer (Oberursel, Germany), Kangjian Wu (Marburg, Germany), Ilja Potapenko (Biedenkopf, Germany) and Thomas Pfeiffer (Steffenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction brake body, in particular a brake disc, for a friction brake of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The friction brake body has a main part with at least one wear protection layer on at least one frictional contact region of the...