ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,487, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) and Breyden GmbH (Breidenbach, Germany).
"Brake disc and method for manufacturing a brake disc" was invented by Hagen Kuckert (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Ilja Potapenko (Biedenkopf, Germany), Thomas Pfeiffer (Steffenberg, Germany) and Kangjian Wu (Marburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake disc includes at least one friction surface consisting of a base body. The base body can be made from gray cast iron. At least one coating is applied on at least parts of the friction surface. The coating contains at least tungsten chromium carbide 2C a...