US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on July 14 for "Electro-mechanical brake and control method therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,316, issued on July 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electro-mechanical brake and control method therefor" was invented by Dong Hwan Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-mechanical brake including: a wheel disc; a brake pad configured to press the wheel disc; a piston configured to press the brake pad; a motor configured to move the piston forward or backward when a current is applied; and a control unit configured to apply a current to the motor, detect a contact point on the basis of a position of the piston when forward movement of the piston due to the current ends...