US Patent Issued to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY on April 21 for "Release operation of a sliding caliper and a brake system therefor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,240, issued on April 21, was assigned to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Release operation of a sliding caliper and a brake system therefor" was invented by Aurelian Bahmata (South Lyon, Mich.), Swanand Velankar (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Philip Nathanael Jedele (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake system and a method of performing a release operation with the brake system. The brake system comprises a sliding caliper body and a fixed caliper body. The fixed caliper body has a stop formed therein and accommodates a spindle nut that mates with the stop in a release operation. The brake system comprise...