ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,313, issued on April 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electro-mechanical brake" was invented by Jong Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-mechanical brake includes: a brake disc; a friction pad; a pressing unit configured to press the friction pad toward the brake disc; a motor supplying power to the pressing unit; a current sensor; a position sensor configured to measure a position of the pressing unit; and an initial position calculating unit calculating at least one of a home position or a contact point of the pressing unit, wherein the pressing unit is configured t...