US Patent Issued to TMD Friction Services on Dec. 16 for "Backing plate for a disk brake of a motor vehicle and method for manufacturing said backing plate" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,006, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TMD Friction Services GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Backing plate for a disk brake of a motor vehicle and method for manufacturing said backing plate" was invented by Frank Berghaus (Kurten, Germany) and Dirk Schneider (Odenthal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a backing plate (1) for a disc brake of a motor vehicle, comprising a front side (2) for holding a friction lining. The backing plate (1) has a back side (3), on which a holding device (4) is arranged. The holding device is designed to hold a spring element (5), which consists of a spring base (6) and two s...