ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,829, issued on April 7, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Shim for a vehicle brake pad having heat dissipation portions" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shim and to a brake pad assembly for a vehicle disc brake, wherein the vehicle disc brake comprises a brake disc that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis and the brake pad assembly comprises: a backplate that is configured to carry a friction material lining at its front face for contacting the brake disc; a shim that is arranged at a rear face of the backplate; wherein...