US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 30 for "Electromechanical brake emergency braking device for vehicle and emergency braking method" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,966, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electromechanical brake emergency braking device for vehicle and emergency braking method" was invented by Kyu Hwan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro mechanical brake (EMB) emergency braking device includes an EMB driving unit such as an electric motor that generates driving force; an emergency braking driving unit that generates emergency braking driving force, and may include a pneumatic actuator; and braking force generating unit that generates braking force by receiving one of...