ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,482, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Disc brake device and method for assembling same" was invented by Ken Matsubara (Tokyo), Yuta Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Makoto Morimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a disc brake device in which a plurality of annular seals that are disposed coaxially with rotation members, in which the annular seals are sandwiched in an axial direction between a caliper and a housing, and in which a position restriction portion includes: at least one caliper-side restriction portion provided on the caliper, which is disposed non-coaxially with t...