ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,510, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Electronic parking brake" was invented by Woochul Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electronic parking brake and, more specifically, to an electronic parking brake in which an electronic actuator is applied to a drum brake, wherein noise can be reduced when transmitting the driving power of a driving motor, and a rotary shaft of the driving motor and a rotary shaft of a wheel cylinder can be arranged so as to be inclined relative to each other."

The patent was filed on April 8, 2020, unde...