ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,997, issued on March 17, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).

"Caliper body for brake caliper, brake caliper, and disc brake" was invented by Alberto Bosis (Curno, Italy), Mauro Botti (Curno, Italy), Andrea Domenico Lorenzo Pirino (Curno, Italy) and Raffaele Milanese (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A caliper body which has a wheel-side first portion, a vehicle-side second portion, at least one thrust device housing, and at least one bridge connecting the wheel-side first portion to the vehicle-side second portion is provided. The at least one bridge has at least one ventilation opening and at least one conveyin...