US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Europe on Jan. 13 for "Brake caliper, wear indication device, and vehicle brake" (Polish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,270, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).

"Brake caliper, wear indication device, and vehicle brake" was invented by Wieslaw Strzala (Byczyna, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake caliper (10) for a vehicle brake (1) includes a brake pad (100), having a friction lining (120) and a brake pad carrier (140) configured to carry the friction lining (120), and a wear indication device (200) having a fixation device (210) and a signal wire (220). The signal wire (220) includes a looped portion (222), and the fixation device (210) has a front part (214), a back part (216), and a bridge (217) connect...