US Patent Issued to Brembo on July 28 for "Braking band of a disc brake disc" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,918, issued on July 28, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).

"Braking band of a disc brake disc" was invented by Pierangelo Gherardi (Curno, Italy), Daniele Penati (Curno, Italy), Raffaello Passoni (Curno, Italy), Simone Turani (Curno, Italy), Matteo Bottin (Curno, Italy) and Marco Caronia (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking device has a portion having a braking surface adapted to come into contact with an opposite facing braking surface to apply a braking action, the braking surface being circumferentially free from obstacles to allow relative rotation between the braking surface and opposite facing braki...