ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,127, issued on May 19, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Electric brake device" was invented by Sota Suzuki (Hitachinaka, Japan), Tatsuro Kobune (Hitachinaka, Japan), Wataru Yokoyama (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Kenichiro Matsubara (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric brake mechanism includes a piston (6D) propelled by a rotation-linear motion mechanism (8) driven by an electric motor (7A). The piston (6D) is configured to press brake pads (6C) against a disc rotor (4), and to hold the brake pads (6C) at a pressing position by stopping the electric motor (7A). A parking brake control device (...