ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,538, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Brake apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Bo Ram Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yong Hee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ik Soon Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a stator unit fixed to an inside of a wheel of the vehicle, a rotor unit disposed to face the stator unit and rotated by electromagnetic interaction with the stator unit, a disc unit connected to the rotor unit and rotated together with the rotor unit, a pair of caliper units disposed on both sides of the disc unit ...