ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,081, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Vehicle brake" was invented by Sung Ki Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle brake includes a pedal being pressed against for braking by a driver, a master cylinder unit, pressure of oil in the master cylinder being increased by the pedal, a block unit in which a hydraulic circuit unit is formed, the hydraulic circuit unit being connected to the master cylinder unit, being supplied with the oil from the master cylinder unit, and increasing the pressure of the oil when electric power is supplied thereto, a whe...