US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, WINNERCOM on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle door pinch detection system and method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,212, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and WINNERCOM Co. LTD. (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle door pinch detection system and method" was invented by Hak-Hui Choi (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Hyung-Sik Choi (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Jun-Young Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hu-Min Jung (Hanam-si, South Korea) and Eui-Suk Jeong (Bucheon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door pinch detection method includes a door closure request step in which a controller determines whether there is a request to close a vehicle door, a rainy weather determ...