ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,529, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Boronized brake disc rotor" was invented by Benjamin Everest Slattery (Tecumseh, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake rotor, a brake system including a brake rotor, and a method of boronizing a brake rotor, wherein the brake rotor includes a rotor body including a braking surface. The rotor body includes an iron alloy and the braking surface includes a layer of Fe2B phases in the braking surface. The brake system includes the brake rotor and a brake pad engageable with the braking surface. The method includes boronizing the braking surf...