ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,816, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Brake pad carrier comprising hollow part and/or part made from a sheet material" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a brake pad carrier (14) for a vehicle disc brake (11), the vehicle disc brake (11) comprises a brake disc (16) that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis (R) and a pair of brake pads (26) to be carried by the brake pad carrier (14), a first brake bad pad (26) being configured to contact a first side face of the brake disc (16) and a second brake pad (26) being...