US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US, ZF ACTIVE SAFETY on May 13 for "Apparatus for drum brake assembly" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,878, issued on May 13, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.) and ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Apparatus for drum brake assembly" was invented by Kraig Gerber (Plymouth Township, Mich.), Mauro Marconcin (South Lyon, Mich.) and Paul Wecker (Limburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for a drum brake assembly having a brake drum includes a brake shoe and a pivot lever connected to the brake shoe. The pivot lever has a first condition movable with the brake shoe to apply braking force to the brake drum and a second condition deflected relative to the brake shoe for absorbing brake drum ...