ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,881, issued on May 13, was assigned to DAS Co. LTD (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Brake module" was invented by Jae Youn Kim (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake module capable of preventing the occurrence of flow in a free hinge in the event of the occurrence of a collision, etc., is provided. The brake module is provided on a support frame installed in a vehicle, is connected to an object provided to relatively rotate with respect to the support frame and restrains the rotation of the object, and releases the rotation restraint of the object when an external force is applied. With this configuration, it is possi...