US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 2 for "Brake creep groan countermeasure systems and methods" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,526, issued on June 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Brake creep groan countermeasure systems and methods" was invented by Jeehyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seokju Yong (Incheon, South Korea) and Bongbum Back (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for controlling braking to avoid groan noise in a braking system. The system has a brake actuator configured to apply a friction force to a moving member, a conduit system coupled with the brake actuator, an inlet valve in the conduit system configured to control fluid pressure delivered to the brake actuator, ...