ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,515, issued on June 2, was assigned to Lightyear IPCo B.V. (Helmond, Netherlands).
"Brake apparatus for a wheel of a vehicle" was invented by Durandus Kornelius Dijken (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Jaap Van De Vorst (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake apparatus for a wheel of a vehicle, comprising a brake pad to generate a brake force when the brake pad engages a brake disc, the brake disc being associated with the wheel of the vehicle a brake actuator, which is adapted to move the brake pad towards the brake disc, and bring the brake pad into contact with the brake disc, therewith generating a requested brake...