ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,007, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).
"Pad axle and brake caliper" was invented by Yusuke Hosomi (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pad axle for a brake caliper comprises an axle body and a support body. The axle body includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part and extends along a longitudinal axis between the first mounting part and the second mounting part. Both of the first mounting part and the second mounting part are configured to be coupled to a caliper body of the brake caliper. The support body is a different member from the axle body and is attached to the axle body to ...