ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,814, issued on June 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-mechanical brake includes: first to third pedal sensors detecting a stroke of a brake pedal to generate first to third braking signals, respectively, the third pedal sensor including an auxiliary control unit; wheel control units attached to wheels, respectively; a first central control unit configured to receive the first braking signal to calculate a first desired braking intensity, and to tra...