ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,817, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Disc brake and carrier" was invented by Miyuki Uno (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Shinji Suzuki (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake (10) includes friction pads (24 and 25) that are provided at positions next to a disc rotor (11) in a disc axial direction and provided to be able to move in the disc axial direction, and a carrier (21) that has an inner circumferential surface (21b) supporting the friction pads (24 and 25) and formed along an outer circumferential edge of the disc rotor (11) and filter portions (55 and 56) provided on the ...