US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 22 for "Vehicle towing driving control method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,649, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle towing driving control method" was invented by Woul Sun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Buhm Joo Suh (Seoul, South Korea), Yeong Il Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Wook Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seok Joon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tal Chol Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyuk Joon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a towing vehicle is driven while towing a towed vehicle having driving force, a controller of the towed vehicle determines wheel slip of the towing vehicle based on driving inform...