ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,373, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Brake pad arrangement for a disc brake of a vehicle braking system" was invented by Florian Roessinger (Neuwied, Germany) and Peter Maurer (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake pad arrangement for a disc brake of a vehicle braking system includes at least one brake pad carrier plate and at least one friction lining is attached to the at least one brake pad carrier plate, wherein the brake pad carrier plate has at least one fastening section which is configured for fastening the brake pad restoring device, wherein the fastening sectio...