ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,046, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TRP International LLC (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Electric disc brake system" was invented by Blake Larson (Chandler, Ariz.), Brenden Meyer (Savannah, Ga.), Dillon Moreland (Chicago), Frank Cormier Muehleman (Austin, Texas), Samuel Wing Rudder (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) and Tanner Nicholas Skrove (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric disc brake system for a trailer. The brake system employs a caliper assembly that is attached to the trailer with floating fasteners, wherein the caliper assembly straddles an axle mounted rotor positioning an inner and outer brake pad adjacent to the rotor. A sc...