ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,475, issued on July 15, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle braking device" was invented by Yusuke Shibata (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle braking device has electric brakes for generating a braking force at corresponding wheels. The vehicle braking device includes a braking force controller for controlling the braking force. A relationship between an electric current and the braking force in each of the electric brakes has a hysteresis characteristic. The hysteresis characteristic indicates that the braking force increases along a positive efficiency line when the electric current increases,...