ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,380, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for controlling driving force of vehicle" was invented by Ji Won Oh (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Jeong Soo Eo (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving method of controlling a vehicle is provided to solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning, to a method that can solve the problem...