ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,832, issued on March 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Straight driving device of in-wheel system and control method using the same" was invented by Jun Ha Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Byong Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Hyun Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for straight driving of an in-wheel system includes: a) measuring a vehicle alignment; b) calculating a yaw rate based on a vehicle misalignment level; c) determining whether the yaw rate calculated in the step b) is more than a predetermined allowable yaw rate; d) maintaining straight moving of th...