Stellantis was granted a patent for a sensor-equipped vehicle brake pad.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T17:05:09+00:00",
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    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12747767",
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    "patent_title": "Braking pad for vehicles, and assembling method for making such a braking pad",
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    "uspto_assignee": "STELLANTIS EUROPE S.P.A.",
    "patent_abstract": "A braking pad for vehicles has a backplate suitable for connection to a braking member and supports, on a first face, a block of friction material; the braking pad, in addition, has a sensor provided with a detection head engaging a hole in the backplate and is retained in a reference position fixed by a plate retention member; such an element is directly coupled to the backplate via engagement portions and has an annular portion provided with an inner edge, which is coaxial to the above-mentioned hole and is coupled to the sensor detection head via friction and/or via interference coupling and/or via snap coupling.",
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    "invention_explanation": "A brake pad with a sensor held in a precisely located hole in its backing plate to monitor braking conditions reliably.",
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