ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,588, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for entering boost mode with paddles" was invented by Dong Won Jeoung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sang Mo Ha (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus of entering boost mode with paddles, which is capable of ensuring stability of driving by switching driving modes while minimizing movement of a driver's gaze and hand, includes determining whether to instruct to enter a boost mode based on a sensing value of an accelerator pedal position sensor and an input of a ...