ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,155, issued on June 30, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).

"Brake pad pin and axially constraining elastic element assembly and interaction method" was invented by Mattia Carminati (Curno, Italy) and Davide D'Alessio (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake pad pin and axially constraining elastic element assembly has a supporting pin having a pin body that has a pin first portion having a pin first portion diameter and a pin second portion having a pin second portion diameter greater than the pin first portion diameter. An elastic element has an elastic element inner diameter and an elastic element outer diame...