ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,466, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).
"Disc brake for a motor vehicle" was invented by Philip Dorn (Mannheim, Germany), Paul Henning (Schwetzingen, Germany) and Mirko Seip (Brombach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake (1) includes a brake disc (2), a brake caliper (3), two brake pads (4, 4') that are movably guided on the brake caliper (3), a retainer spring (6, 6') on each brake pad (4, 4'), a retainer bracket (8-8IV) for pre-tensioning the retainer springs (6, 6') in relation to the respective brake pad (4, 4'), and an expander spring (10, 10') that applies an expansion force bet...