MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514053806 A) filed by Wheelnz LLC on June 03, 2025, for Squealer Band Design For Steel Shell Brake Drums.
Inventors include Fakhoury, Omar J.; Schneider, John A.; and Fakhoury, Michael.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: A brake drum having a roll-formed, steel shell that is axisymmetric about an axis of rotation. The steel shell has an open end of the steel shell and a second end of the steel shell, where the second end of the steel shell is axially opposite the open end of the steel shell. The steel shell further has an integrated squealer band, which is a raised portion of the stee...