ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,511, issued on June 2, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO FRANCE (Drancy, France) and HITACHI ASTEMO HEILBRONN GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Device for adjusting the clamping force of an electromechanical brake" was invented by Julien Sasso (Champs sur Marne, France), Maxime Demandre (Stuttgart, Germany), Weiqiao Wang (Paris) and Alex Patrao Carqueijo (Pantin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clamping strategy of an electromechanical brake depends on an already existing hydraulic pressure, in order to adjust the mechanical component of the clamping force and avoid an excessive clamping of the brake. The hydraulic component (FHyd) o...