US Patent Issued to ZF Active Safety on March 24 for "Brake caliper with a cover" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,527, issued on March 24, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Brake caliper with a cover" was invented by Marco Becker (Oberduerenbach, Germany), Florian Roessinger (Neuwied, Germany) and Philipp Schwenzer (Urmitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a brake caliper for a disk brake, comprising a support structure having a bridge and at least one bridge finger. The at least one bridge finger has a brake lining side, an outer side, and a bore introduced into the outer side. The bore has a bore wall, a bore groove let into the bore wall. A cover having a pin projects into the bore and...