ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,382, issued on April 14, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).
"Brake body for a transportation vehicle and method for producing a brake body" was invented by Markus Harke (Braunschweig, Germany) and Daniel Mohwinkel (Braunschweig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake element for a transportation vehicle, having a base body that is planar at least in some regions, to the planar sides of which at least two build-up layers are applied in each case at least in some regions. The build-up layers form a surface which, in the mounted state of the brake element on the transportation vehicle, serves as a friction surface for a b...