US Patent Issued to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) on July 7 for "Brake assembly" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,496, issued on July 7, was assigned to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Brake assembly" was invented by Paul Thomas (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Sean Cleary (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Daniel Jenkins (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Simon Duggan (Cwmbran, Great Britain) and Rhys Watkins (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake assembly that includes a caliper that has a guide bore, a brake carrier, a guide pin having a guide sleeve, and a lock arrangement. The lock arrangement has a friction element and is operable to selectively apply a force to the friction element to increase friction betw...