ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,756, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and LS Automotive Technologies Co. Ltd. (Anyang-si, South Korea).
"Shift-by-wire transmission system" was invented by Bum Jun Kim (Siheung-Si, South Korea), Kyeong Hwan Choi (Ulsan, South Korea), Sung Won Cho (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Won Lee (Siheung-Si, South Korea) and In Hyuk Im (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shift-by-wire transmission system includes a gear shifting operation portion provided at an end portion of a body and configured to shift a gear, a housing provided inside the body, a haptic elem...