ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,355, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle control apparatus and control method therefor" was invented by Jeong Min Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Woong Choi (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method and an apparatus for controlling vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus includes a rear wheel steering unit configured to steer rear wheels, measure a rear wheel angle, and generate a status signal, a failure determination unit configured to determine a failure situation of the rear wheel steering unit based on the status signal and ...