US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 19 for "Electronic shift control apparatus and method for controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,012, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electronic shift control apparatus and method for controlling the same" was invented by Jae Yeon Yu (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Yeong Jik Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a column-type electronic shift control apparatus of which position may be varied not only by driving a driving unit but also by a predetermined amount of external force, and which may prevent unintentional shifting when the position is changed by the predetermined amount of external force, and a method for controlling the same...