ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,639, issued on May 12, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Electronic brake system and control method therefor" was invented by Kyoungjin Joo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jinkuk Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic brake system includes: a master cylinder connected to a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device including a motor that generates a rotational force and a hydraulic piston movably accommodated in a pressure chamber, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by a movement of the hydraulic piston; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flo...