ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,163, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Electric brake apparatus and electric disk brake" was invented by Atsushi Odaira (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Haruhiko Fujita (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric brake apparatus includes a control unit connected to an electric motor, a first connector portion connected to the control unit and configured for power feeding and input of one of redundant signals, a second connector portion connected to the control unit and configured for power feeding and input of another of the redundant signals, and a third connector connected to the c...