ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,479, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Brake caliper guide" was invented by Lukas Madzgalla (Lahnstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a brake caliper guide for a floating caliper disk brake, comprising at least one guide pin attached to a brake caliper, having a head and a shaft, a brake carrier having at least one guide bore which has an entry region and a bore depth extending into the brake carrier, and a guide device inserted into the entry region of the guide bore having a sliding sleeve arranged in an elastomer sleeve 40. The shaft of the guide pin is...