ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,226, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Brake device" was invented by Bo Ram Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device includes a brake pad, a pad propulsion part connected to the brake pad and configured to move the brake pad linearly, and a caliper body including a cylinder part on which the pad propulsion parti is accommodated. The pad propulsion part includes a conversion assembly converting rotation motion into linear motion, and a piston connected to one end of the conversion assembly, the conversion assembly is accommodated inside the cylinder part, a...