ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,770, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Brake pad retainer arrangement" was invented by Lars Svensson (Gothenburg, Sweden), Kent Augustsson (Bollebygd, Sweden), Martin Petersson (Savedalen, Sweden) and Marcel Palmgren (Torslanda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake pad retainer arrangement for holding a brake pad in position relative to a disc in a disc brake. The arrangement comprises an elongated retainer bracket arranged to extend transversely over the disc and the brake pad, wherein the retainer bracket is spring loaded to press against a rim portion of the brake pad. The retaine...