US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Europe on Sept. 23 for "Method of painting a vehicle brake component using a sealing plug" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,306, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).

"Method of painting a vehicle brake component using a sealing plug" was invented by German Diesterweg (Viernheim, Germany), Uwe Montag (Ketsch, Germany), Bernward Redemann (Hockenheim, Germany) and Vitalij Scherer (Leimen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for painting a component (3) of a vehicle brake (1) includes a sealing plug (7) inserted into a recess (5), the recess extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) and which has an inner face (9) which is intended to be kept free from paint. The method includes providing ...