US Patent Issued to HL MANDO on July 28 for "Brake pad" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,922, issued on July 28, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Brake pad" was invented by Florian Weichert (Wiesbaden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a brake pad for a disk brake, comprising a backplate, and a friction layer with a friction surface configured for engaging with a brake disk. The friction layer has a pressure groove, the pressure groove extending from a leading edge of the friction layer. The pressure groove is delimited by the friction surface on an outer circumferential side, and on in inner circumferential side, and on a trailing side, and is open on a leading ...