ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,611, issued on March 31, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"System for providing a brake force" was invented by Kristijan Tarandek (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) and Hansjoerg Feigel (Rosbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system, comprising a transmission unit being arranged for converting a rotational motion into a translational motion, the transmission unit including an input and an output, wherein the input is configured to receive torque from a motor and the output is configured to provide a brake force for pressing a brake pad against a friction surface; a housing d...