ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,492, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Astemo Ueda Ltd. (Nagano, Japan).
"Parking brake control device" was invented by Takeru Tsuchida (Ueda, Japan) and Mari Takahashi (Ueda, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking brake control device controls a hydraulic pressure unit for braking wheels hydraulically and a parking brake device for braking the wheels by transmitting power of an electric motor to the wheels mechanically. The parking brake control device includes a hydraulic brake control unit capable of exercising a hydraulic brake control under which a brake is applied to the wheels by the hydraulic pressure unit, on cond...