ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,428, issued on March 24, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Electric brake apparatus" was invented by Daichi Nomura (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Takuya Usui (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric brake apparatus includes an electric motor including driving circuits, a brake mechanism configured to press a braking member against a braking target member based on driving of the electric motor, and a control device configured to control the driving of the electric motor. The control device is configured to detect contact between the braking member and the braking target member based on a change in...