US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on July 29 for "Brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle and method of manufacturing the same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,130, issued on July 29, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Daniel Mohwinkel (Braunschweig, Germany) and Markus Harke (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle includes a friction portion having at least one friction surface and a fastening portion for fastening to the transportation vehicle, wherein the friction portion and the fastening portion are formed on a base body of gray cast iron or steel, and an anti-wear layer is applied to the fri...