ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,812, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brembo S.p.A. (Curno, Italy).

"Guide pin, guide sleeve, guide, maintenance kit, brake caliper, assembly method" was invented by Alberto Bosis (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide pin for a floating-type brake caliper of a disc brake where the brake caliper may have a caliper body and a bracket. The guide pin may be configured to be placed between the caliper body and the bracket. The guide pin is configured to connect to a guide sleeve and slide at least partially within the guide sleeve. The guide pin may have a first pin coupling portion. The guide pin may also have a pin slidin...