ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,263, issued on March 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation of Hankyung National Univ. (Anseong-si, South Korea).

"Independent steering control system and method" was invented by Jin Hyeon Jeong (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Jeong Ho Kim (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Min Sang Seong (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Ha Kyung Moon (Incheon, South Korea), Kwang Seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Mun Jung Jang (Anyang-Si, South Korea), Se Hwan Kim (Ansan-Si, South Korea), Han Byeol La (Uiwang-Si, South Korea) and Ji Ung Lee (Anseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & T...