ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,534, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).

"Caliper body and brake caliper with said body" was invented by Andrea Teruzzi (Curno, Italy), Gianfranco Dell'acqua (Curno, Italy) and Giovanni Fattori (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A caliper body has a first elongated vehicle-side element, a second elongated wheel-side element, a central caliper bridge connecting the first elongated vehicle-side element to the second elongated wheel-side element and having a first bridge end portion, a central bridge portion extending between the first elongated vehicle-side element and the second elongated wheel...