ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,416, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle equipped with electric motor and stability control method therefor" was invented by Hui Un Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jea Mun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Young Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Young Eun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Joon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Hoon Yu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling stability of a motorized vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source includes determining a slope of a road ahead, when sensing a sudden slo...