ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,166, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Wheel brake apparatus, control method, electromechanical brake system, and electric vehicle" was invented by Rui Rao (Wuhan, China), Chongxi Huang (Shanghai) and Yubiao Wu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel brake apparatus for an electric vehicle, a parking control method, and an electromechanical brake system. The wheel brake apparatus includes a wheel controller, a brake unit, and a parking unit. The brake unit includes a brake motor and a brake caliper. The brake motor is configured to drive the brake caliper to clamp...