ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,016, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).
"Brake caliper and spring unit for a brake caliper" was invented by Wieslaw Strzala (Byczyna, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake caliper for a vehicle disc brake including a pair of brake pads, and brake a disc positioned in between the brake pads is provided. The brake caliper includes a thrust piece that is configured to move at least one of the brake pads relative to the brake disc, an adjuster unit in threaded engagement with the thrust piece, and a spring unit operatively coupled to the adjuster unit and the thrust piece. The spring unit has...