ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,370, issued on July 21, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek si, South Korea).
"Electronic parking brake system and method of controlling the same" was invented by Bitnuri Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic parking brake (EPB) system including an actuator of an EPB operated by a motor, the EPB system including: a motor driving unit configured to drive the motor; and a controller electrically connected to the motor driving unit, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to a parking switch being in an activated state, determine whether an engine is in an off state; u...