ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,279, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyung Chang Industrial Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Electronic brake pedal apparatus" was invented by Eun Sik Kim (Gwangmyeong-Si, South Korea), Chae Min Lim (Daegu, South Korea), Ji Soo Kim (Daegu, South Korea) and Jae Kyung Pee (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic brake pedal apparatus may perform a function of a stop lamp switch and a function of a stroke sensor in the related art by use of electronic Hall sensors and a Hall switch and diagnose failure by use of the two Hall sensors and ...