ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,504, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) and Breyden GmbH (Breidenbach, Germany).
"Method for producing a friction brake body" was invented by Christian Schnatterer (Oberursel, Germany), Kangjian Wu (Marburg, Germany) and Ilja Potapenko (Biedenkopf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for producing a friction brake body, in particular a brake disc, which has a main part with a frictional contact region. A wear protection layer is produced on the frictional contact region by way of laser cladding using a laser beam oriented towards the frictional contact region. The wear pro...