US Patent Issued to PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION on June 30 for "Lightweight brake disc with maximized heat dissipation performance and manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,156, issued on June 30, was assigned to PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Lightweight brake disc with maximized heat dissipation performance and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Jei Pil Wang (Busan, South Korea) and Kwon Hoo Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a lightweight brake disc with maximized heat dissipation ability. The method includes a first step of mixing gray cast iron and Fe-Cr ferroalloy with each other to produce a mixture, melting and solidifying the mixture to cast an alloy; a second st...