US Patent Issued to SHIMANO on Feb. 17 for "Disc brake pad and disc brake caliper" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,485, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Disc brake pad and disc brake caliper" was invented by Yusuke Hosomi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc brake pad comprises a base plate, a friction pad, a first fin, and a second fin. The base plate includes a first surface. The friction pad is provided on the first surface. The first fin extends along a first edge of the base plate. The first fin includes a first fin end and protrudes from the base plate to the first fin end in a first direction. The first fin has a first distance defined between the first surface and the first fin end in the fir...