ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,974, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Actuator unit and electro-mechanical drum brake including the same" was invented by Woochul Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator unit includes a front housing including a worm shaft engagement provided with a worm shaft insertion hole on a back surface and protruding forward therefrom, a first bearing receiving portion extending to a rear side of the worm shaft insertion hole, a worm shaft support engagement extending to a rear side of the first bearing receiving portion, and a cylinder portion disposed on a lower s...