US Patent Issued to Brembo on July 7 for "Actuating device for a brake disc" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,651, issued on July 7, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Bergamo, Italy).

"Actuating device for a brake disc" was invented by Andrea Casadio (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating device for a disc brake may have a piston, and a first ramp-ball motion converter having a first ramp portion axially constrained and actuatable in rotation around and actuating axis. The device may also have a second ramp portion coupled to the piston and a plurality of rolling elements interposed in contact between ramp tracks formed by the first and second ramp portion. The device may also have a second screw and nut motion converter conne...