ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,855, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Electric parking brake device for vehicle" was invented by Hiroo Kawakami (Ibaraki, Japan), Koji Usui (Ibaraki, Japan) and Naotoshi Nakajima (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric parking brake device for a vehicle, including: a drum brake arranged on a radially inner side of a rim portion; and an electric actuator which enables obtaining a parking brake state by driving the drum brake, the electric actuator being mounted to a side surface of a back plate on an inner side in a vehicle-width direction. An ice and snow accumulation suppress...