ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,853, issued on March 31, was assigned to Itt Italia S.R.L. (Lainate, Italy).
"Vehicle brake pad and method of production thereof" was invented by Stefano Serra (San Pietro Val Lemina, Italy), Umberto Vignolo (Barge, Italy) and Marco Terranova (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle brake pad (100) comprising: a support plate (21); a friction pad (20); at least a shear force sensing device; and an electrical circuit configured to collect signals from the shear force sensing device (1); wherein the shear force sensing device (1) comprises: a sheet (2) of piezoelectric material having a first and a second main faces (3, ...