US Patent Issued to ZF Active Safety on Oct. 27 for "Disk brake for a motor vehicle with optimized retraction of at least one brake pad" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,727, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ZF Active Safety GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Disk brake for a motor vehicle with optimized retraction of at least one brake pad" was invented by Guido Zenzen (Macken, Germany), Paul Wecker (Limburg, Germany) and Bogdan Draghici (Herschbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a disk brake comprising a brake caliper, a brake carrier that supports the brake caliper, a brake disk couplable for conjoint rotation with a vehicle wheel, a first brake pad and a second brake pad between which the brake disk is mounted. The brake pads are each spaced apart from the brake disk b...