US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on March 17 for "Brake systems having back plates with thermal management features" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,996, issued on March 17, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Brake systems having back plates with thermal management features" was invented by A. Gary Bowden (Laurinburg, N.C.), James Wesley Sugg (Pinehurst, N.C.) and Matthew P. Jarusinski (Jackson Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle brake system is provided that includes (or is formed from) a back plate configured to support a composite pad, at least one conditioning insert coupled to the back plate and configured to contact a surface of a wheel during a braking event and thereby to condition at least a portion of the surface of the...